{"id":452780,"date":"2021-04-25T13:51:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-25T17:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=452780"},"modified":"2021-04-25T13:51:31","modified_gmt":"2021-04-25T17:51:31","slug":"gaza-militants-fire-missiles-into-israel-as-middle-east-crisis-heightens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gaza-militants-fire-missiles-into-israel-as-middle-east-crisis-heightens\/","title":{"rendered":"Gaza Militants Fire Missiles Into Israel As Middle East Crisis Heightens"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgaza-militants-fire-missiles-into-israel-as-middle-east-crisis-heightens%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=452780&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3690.jpeg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Militants in Gaza fired more than 30 rockets into Israel late Saturday and early Sunday morning, escalating a crisis that began with the exchange of missiles between Israel and Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Israel immediately hit back, striking Hamas military targets that included rocket launchers, Israel\u2019s military said Saturday.<\/p>\n<div readability=\"78.599834299917\">\n<p>\u201cTwo militant groups in Gaza, Fatah\u2019s Al Aqsa Martyrs\u2019 Brigade and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine\u2019s Abu Ali Brigades, claimed responsibility for the rocket fire. Israel says it holds Gaza ruler Hamas responsible for any violence coming from the Gaza Strip,\u201d The Wall Street Journal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/gaza-militants-fire-rockets-at-israel-amid-jerusalem-clashes-11619273996\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a statement, Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said Israel\u2019s bombing of Hamas targets in Gaza as well as the recent clashes in Jerusalem are \u2018part of its comprehensive aggressive policies against our people.\u2019 Hamas did claim the rocket fire but said \u2018what the Palestinian resistance is doing in response to this aggression is within the framework of carrying out its national duty to protect and defend the interests of our people,&#8217;\u201d the Journal said.<\/p>\n<p>The strife follows violent protests in Jerusalem after Palestinians claimed Israeli police have sought to shut down gatherings at the Damascus Gate entrance to the Old City during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.<\/p>\n<p>Israel on Thursday retaliated against Syria, which had launched an advanced surface-to-air missile that hit in the Negev Desert.\u00a0Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that in response, it attacked several missile batteries in Syria, including the one that fired the missile at Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA surface-to-air missile was fired from Syria to Israel\u2019s southern Negev,\u201d the Israel Defense Forces tweeted. \u201cIn response, we struck the battery from which the missile was launched and additional surface-to-air batteries in Syria.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.333333333333\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: A surface-to-air missile was fired from Syria to Israel\u2019s southern Negev.<\/p>\n<p>In response, we struck the battery from which the missile was launched and additional surface-to-air batteries in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IDF\/status\/1385020649224249345?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSyria\u2019s state news agency said Syrian air defenses intercepted the Israeli attack that had targeted areas in the Damascus suburbs,\u201d The Jerusalem Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/breaking-news\/alarms-sound-in-south-of-israel-665953\">reported<\/a>. \u201cAir defenses intercepted the rockets and downed most of them,\u201d the agency said. But four Syrian soldiers were reportedly injured in the attack and there was damage to facilities, it said.<\/p>\n<p>Syria claimed it fired the missile in retaliation for what it claims was an Israeli Air Force bombing near Damascus. Israel\u2019s attempt to intercept the missile failed. \u201cThe IDF activated its air defense systems in an attempt to intercept the missile, but the attempt failed,\u201d the Post reported. \u201cThe military is investigating why its air defenses failed to intercept the SA-5 and did not intercept the large warhead. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEarly reports indicated that the explosion was the result of a Patriot missile defense system battery responding to the firing of the missile into Israel. The IDF later confirmed the reports and on Thursday morning, missile parts were located in the swimming pool of the Negev community of Ashalim,\u201d the paper stated.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ap-top-news-israel-middle-east-79c9f6465155c8856fd7a077adc5978c\">Press<\/a> later said the Syrian missile was fired by accident and not aimed at Israel\u2019s top-secret nuclear reactor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Israeli military said Thursday that a Syrian missile that reached deep into Israeli territory and set off air raid sirens near the country\u2019s top-secret nuclear reactor was the result of a misfire and not a deliberate attack,\u201d the AP wrote. \u201cThe missile landed in southern Israel early Thursday, prompting Israel to respond with airstrikes on the missile launcher and other targets in Syria.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Militants in Gaza fired more than 30 rockets into Israel late Saturday and early Sunday morning, escalating a crisis that began with the exchange of missiles between Israel and Syria.Israel &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276678,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3690.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Gaza Militants Fire Missiles Into Israel As Middle East Crisis Heightens","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-452780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-3690.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Gaza Militants Fire Missiles Into Israel As Middle East Crisis Heightens","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=452780"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452780\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}