rhetoric coming from hamas and hezbollah to the israeli military being on high alert to the religious holidays. ongoing all of those factors are in place, and that s why there s fears that the cycle of violence could escalate. policy. and this obviously comes after very to most tumultuous times in israel and some very violent months even before this happened, salma, thanks for the update, appreciate it. the violence on friday happened after as someone s just saying after israel struck palestinian militant targets in southern lebanon. israeli forces say it was in response to rocket attacks fired from the area. cnn s scott mclean is in lebanon. no one has claimed responsibility yet for the barrage of rockets fired from lebanese territory towards israel on thursday, not hamas, not hezbollah, though previously the leader of hezbollah hassan is rolla has said that violations at the al aqsa mosque complex could cause held to break loose across the region.
their estimation. and of course , the lebanese military has been working hard to try to locate some of these rockets and rocket launchers to try to prevent further escalation. to this point, no one has actually claimed responsibility, not hamas, not hezbollah, though the leader of hezbollah had previously said that violations at the al aqsa mosque complex in jerusalem could cause held to break loose across the region, and earlier, the lebanese foreign minister. was right here in this chair, expressing a very similar feeling. listen. i m not justifying it. but i m explaining it that in what happened in axa is very important and it s really there is a reaction from the palestinians that there is a feeling from the palestinians that this shouldn t happen that their brothers in the west bank and gaza should be able to go to maximus without any problems. he also expressed considerable
dead and more than a dozen israelis dead. at this point around 380, that is latest number, rockets have been fired from gaza. but most of them have either been intercepted by israel s iron dome anti-missile system, or they fell in empty land. israel, as you mentioned, has struck a variety of targets in gaza itself. most of them, in fact it seems all them, somehow related to islamic jihad, islamic jihad is the junior partner of the militant groups in gaza, hamas is what is the group that actually runs gaza. and the israelis have made it clear, their target is islamic jihad. not hamas. and as long as hamas stays out of the fighting, the exchange of fire, perhaps a larger con flaggeration could be avoided.
May 27, 2021
Special Dispatch No. 9364
Hamas Leader In Gaza Yahya Al-Sinwar Salutes Al-Jazeera TV, Iran, And Yasser Arafat, Adds: We Have 10,000 Martyrdom-Seekers Within Israel; Our Missile Capability Remains Intact, Can Hit Tel Aviv With A 250-Rocket Salvo; We Have 500 KM Of Tunnels In The Gaza Strip
May 27, 2021
Hamas leader in Gaza Yahya Sinwar thanked Al-Jazeera and Iran for the role they played during the recent round of fighting with Israel. He delivered a victory speech that was aired live on Al-Jazeera Network (Qatar) on May 26, 2021. In his speech, Sinwar said that Al-Jazeera has been the best pulpit to give the accurate voice to our position. He added that Iran gave Hamas money, weapons, and expertise. Sinwar saluted the tough men of Haifa, Jaffa, Lod, Ramla, Acre, the Triangle area, the Galilee, and the Negev, who proved that all the attempts to Israelize them and any attempts at coexistence have collapsed once and for all. He said that the rockets launc
between israel and hamas is now in its second day, and it appears to be holding. there were some earlier skirmishes when israeli police clashed with protesters in the first few hours of the cease-fire, but since then, there have been relative calm after 11 days of fighting, where at least 250 people have been killed. there was extensive damage throughout gaza as well. president biden says the u.s. will help rebuild gaza, but with conditions. we will do this in full partnership for the palestinian authority, not hamas, authority, in a manner that does not permit hamas to simply restock its arsenal. joining us now is mew saab hasan yousef, he s the sheikh of yousef and co-founder of hamas. he later went on to become an informer for israeli intelligence. he s also author of the book