{"id":499514,"date":"2021-05-12T09:21:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T13:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=499514"},"modified":"2021-05-12T09:21:16","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T13:21:16","slug":"israel-appears-to-signal-major-escalation-in-announcement-as-idf-eliminates-top-terrorist-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-appears-to-signal-major-escalation-in-announcement-as-idf-eliminates-top-terrorist-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel Appears To Signal Major Escalation In Announcement As IDF Eliminates Top Terrorist Targets"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fisrael-appears-to-signal-major-escalation-in-announcement-as-idf-eliminates-top-terrorist-targets%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=499514&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\/05\/IsraelG-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a series of surgical strikes against Hamas targets inside Gaza on Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning after the Palestinian terrorists fired hundreds of rockets into Israel. The strikes came amid a new statement from Israel\u2019s military that appeared to sound as if they were planning on kicking things up a notch in response to the terror attacks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe army will continue to attack to bring a total, long-term quiet,\u201d Defense Minister Benny Gantz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/news\/latest-news\/israel-vows-more-attacks-to-bring-total-quiet-before-any-truce\/news-story\/603b0dba14b118cab1abe4ff0ad3451c\">said<\/a> on Wednesday. \u201cOnly when we reach that goal will we be able to speak about a truce.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The strikes from the IDF came after the terrorists fired more than 1,100 rockets at Israel, the overwhelming majority of which have been intercepted by the nation\u2019s Iron Dome system. The terrorists have focused on firing large numbers of rockets in short periods of time in an attempt to oversaturate the Iron Dome\u2019s ability to stop all rockets being fired. So far, at least five people inside Israel have been killed and more than 100 people wounded.<\/p>\n<p>The Gaza Health Ministry, which is run by Hamas, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/foreign-terrorist-organizations\/\">designated<\/a> Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), has claimed that 53 Palestinians have been killed, including more than a dozen minors, with more than 320 wounded. Those numbers should be met with skepticism because Hamas is a terrorist organization, and thus not credible. Also, many of those who have been killed are terrorists and Israel has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/israeli-military-kills-3-islamic-jihad-commanders-in-targeted-strike\/\">cautioned<\/a> that some of the Palestinians that have been killed lost their lives because they were hit by rockets fired by Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) trolled Hamas early on Wednesday morning after Israel\u2019s Air Force terminated numerous Hamas intelligence officials. \u201cOur fighter jets, with the ISA, neutralized key figures of Hamas\u2019 intelligence: Hassan Kaogi, head of the Hamas military intelligence security department &#038; his deputy Wail Issa, head of the military intelligence counterespionage department,\u201d they wrote. \u201cLooks like our intel was better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The IDF highlighted on social media other top Hamas terrorists on Tuesday that it terminated on the battlefield.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe just killed the commander of the Hamas anti-tank missile unit, Iyad Fathi Faik Sharir,\u201d the IDF wrote. \u201cHe was in charge of carrying out anti-tank missile attacks on Israel. Our aircraft are currently striking additional terror targets in Gaza.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the moment that the IDF &#038; Israel Security Agency carried out a targeted strike against Islamic Jihad commander, Samah Abed al-Mamluk &#038; other senior members of his unit,\u201d the IDF added. \u201cThey were among those responsible for hundreds of rockets fired at Israelis.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.568115942029\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Raw Aerial Footage: <\/p>\n<p>This is the moment that the IDF &#038; Israel Security Agency carried out a targeted strike against Islamic Jihad commander, Samah Abed al-Mamluk &#038; other senior members of his unit. <\/p>\n<p>They were among those responsible for hundreds of rockets fired at Israelis. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/3DLj2UVdCm\">pic.twitter.com\/3DLj2UVdCm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IDF\/status\/1392122891576168451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.idf.il\/en\/articles\/defense-and-security\/israel-under-fire\/\">updates<\/a> from the IDF include announcements that they have terminated numerous senior Hamas \u201cGeneral Staff\u201d officials, destroyed two squads operating anti-tank missiles, terminated a squad that was operating UAV launchers, and striking other terror-related targets.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-israels-iron-dome-strikes-down-scores-of-rockets-fired-by-hamas\">WATCH: Israel\u2019s Iron Dome Strikes Down Scores Of Rockets Fired By Hamas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i><span>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 <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) launched a series of surgical strikes against Hamas targets inside Gaza on Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning after the Palestinian terrorists fired hundreds of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277886,"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\/05\/IsraelG-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Israel Appears To Signal Major Escalation In Announcement As IDF Eliminates Top Terrorist Targets","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-499514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/IsraelG-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Israel Appears To Signal Major Escalation In Announcement As IDF Eliminates Top Terrorist Targets","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499514","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=499514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}