{"id":524715,"date":"2021-05-19T07:36:09","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T11:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=524715"},"modified":"2021-05-19T07:36:14","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T11:36:14","slug":"watch-israel-launches-intense-round-of-airstrikes-against-palestinian-terror-tunnels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-israel-launches-intense-round-of-airstrikes-against-palestinian-terror-tunnels\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Israel Launches Intense Round Of Airstrikes Against Palestinian Terror Tunnels"},"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\">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%2Fwatch-israel-launches-intense-round-of-airstrikes-against-palestinian-terror-tunnels%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=524715&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\/Israel-7-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continued to pound Palestinian terrorist organizations inside Gaza late on Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning in response to thousands of rockets that have been fired at Israel from\u00a0Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).<\/p>\n<p>The IDF has launched\u00a0operation \u201cGuardian of the Walls\u201d in response to hundreds of rockets fired from inside Gaza at Israel. Palestinian terrorists have fired more than 3,750 rockets at Israeli territory with approximately 550 falling inside Gaza. The IDF says that its Iron Dome still has an approximately 90% success rate at intercepting rockets fired at Israel.<\/p>\n<p>The IDF gave the following updates from operation \u201cGuardian of the Walls,\u201d which began last week:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>IDF strikes command and control centers located in the residences of 12 senior Hamas commanders in the Gaza Strip, used for terror purposes, over the past 24 hours<\/li>\n<li>IDF fighter jets struck command and control centers located within the residences of three additional Hamas commanders in the Gaza Strip: the residence of the Deputy Commander of the Hamas Northern Brigade in Gaza City, Rafa Salman, the residence of a company commander in a Hamas reinforcement battalion in Khan Yunis and the residence of an additional company commander in a Hamas reinforcement battalion in Daraj Tufah.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The IDF\u2019s round five of airstrikes against Hamas\u2019s terror tunnels included 52 fighter jets dropping 120 precision bombs onto 40 underground targets over the span of approximately half an hour.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.184300341297\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">IDF releases a video of overnight strikes toward the Hamas internal tunnel system. Round 5 against &#8220;the metro&#8221; included 40 underground sites, using 120 munitions, with 52 jets, in 25 minutes, the military says. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2dQoNabeXB\">pic.twitter.com\/2dQoNabeXB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/manniefabian\/status\/1394895484502872065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9642857142857\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">IDF says it struck a military compound of Hamas&#8217; Technological Department in Jabalia. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EgnwLeDmMO\">pic.twitter.com\/EgnwLeDmMO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/manniefabian\/status\/1394946734191751170?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.0786516853933\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">IDF releases footage of strikes overnight toward a number of Hamas assets across the Gaza Strip <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OTHvEBTzGf\">pic.twitter.com\/OTHvEBTzGf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/manniefabian\/status\/1394895773960179715?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.9230769230769\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An IDF airstrike Wednesday morning on Khan Yunis. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gaza?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Gaza<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Israel?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Israel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XvWnf6rY8W\">pic.twitter.com\/XvWnf6rY8W<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Truzman (@Jtruzmah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jtruzmah\/status\/1394872181230759937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.343023255814\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">See it with your own eyes: Hamas turned a civilian structure in Gaza into a rocket launch site ready to fire rockets at Israel. <\/p>\n<p>Under intl. law, a civilian structure used for military purposes is a legitimate military target.<\/p>\n<p>We gave civilians time to evacuate, and then\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YJmPMv5Hnr\">pic.twitter.com\/YJmPMv5Hnr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IDF\/status\/1394905094651621378?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.1153846153846\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An IDF airstrike demolishes a structure Wednesday morning in Deir al-Balah. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gaza?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Gaza<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Israel?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Israel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/niPwR3Q60Z\">pic.twitter.com\/niPwR3Q60Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Truzman (@Jtruzmah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jtruzmah\/status\/1394970335368339458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.969696969697\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An IDF airstrike in Deir al-Balah a short time ago. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Israel?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Israel<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gaza?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Gaza<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/k5UX8DBtYZ\">pic.twitter.com\/k5UX8DBtYZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Truzman (@Jtruzmah) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jtruzmah\/status\/1394880178816372737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reports on Wednesday indicated that the number of terrorist rocket attacks launched against Israel have decreased in recent days after the IDF has killed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/israel-kills-160-palestinian-terrorists-destroys-suspected-suicide-submarine-reports\">hundreds<\/a> of terrorists, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-israel-pounds-underground-palestinian-terror-networks-assets-with-110-precision-bombs\">destroyed<\/a> miles of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-israel-eliminates-terror-tunnel-163-football-fields-long-kills-top-pij-terror-commander\">terror tunnels<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/israel-pounds-palestinian-terrorists-rejects-calls-for-truce-after-terrorists-kicked-hornets-nest\">eliminated<\/a> numerous rocket launchers and launch sites and other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/israel-launches-600-strikes-against-palestinian-terrorists-preps-ground-war-no-interest-in-stopping\">assets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.827731092437\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;re tracking rocket fire from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Gaza?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Gaza<\/a> based on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IDF?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IDF<\/a> figures.<\/p>\n<p>Right now we&#8217;re in one of the quietest periods last Thursday. Rocket fire is down about 80% from the weekend. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mI687FecMa\">pic.twitter.com\/mI687FecMa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Raf Sanchez (@rafsanchez) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rafsanchez\/status\/1394951254783180802?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Biden administration recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-u-s-approves-735-million-weapons-sale-to-israel\">green-lighted<\/a> the sale of $735 million in precision munitions to Israel which sparked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-democrat-weighs-trying-to-delay-sale-of-weapons-to-israel-republican-warns-hamas-caucus-trying-to-get-democrats-to-abandon-israel\">objections<\/a> from some Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>In its most recent bi-monthly tracker, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a non-partisan research firm, gave the Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fdd.org\/analysis\/2021\/05\/18\/biden-administration-foreign-policy-tracker\/#israel\">positive marks<\/a> for how it has responded to the situation with Israel after previously giving the administration negative marks:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"19.247448979592\">\n<p><em>After initially expressing concern about Israel\u2019s judicial ruling in a property dispute in eastern Jerusalem, the administration\u2019s tone shifted on May 10, when State Department spokesman Ned Price called Hamas rocket attacks against Israel an \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/india\/us-says-rocket-attacks-into-israel-are-unacceptable-escalation-2021-05-10\/\">unacceptable escalation<\/a>.\u201d On May 12, President Biden phoned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/politics\/story\/2021-05-12\/us-israel-palestinian-violence-blinken\">expressed<\/a>\u00a0his support for Israel\u2019s \u201clegitimate right\u201d to defend itself. Secretary Blinken emphasized Israel\u2019s \u201cextra burden\u201d to avoid civilian casualties, but also stressed the \u201cvery clear and absolute distinction between a terrorist organization, Hamas, that is indiscriminately raining down rockets\u2026 targeting civilians, and Israel\u2019s response defending itself.\u201d Last week, the United States\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/us-again-blocks-unhelpful-security-council-statement-on-israel-gaza-violence\/\">prevented<\/a>\u00a0the UN Security Council from releasing a joint statement against Israel. The State Department also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/us-rejects-human-rights-watchs-accusation-of-israeli-apartheid\/\">dismissed<\/a>\u00a0Human Rights Watch\u2019s allegations that Israel is guilty of apartheid. On May 3, the State Department\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/bds-threat\/state-dept-us-will-not-take-part-in-durban-iv-conference-667103\">announced<\/a>\u00a0it will eschew \u201cany events\u201d commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Durban Conference on racism, which was marred by rampant antisemitism and helped launch the anti-Israel boycott campaign. Concerns in Israel linger, however, about America\u2019s imminent return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. That return will inevitably involve sanctions relief and other financial benefits for Iran. These funds will then flow to anti-Israel terrorist groups. And Jerusalem remains skeptical that the nuclear deal will halt the Islamic Republic\u2019s nuclear aspirations.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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) continued to pound Palestinian terrorist organizations inside Gaza late on Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning in response to thousands of rockets that have been &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278522,"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\/Israel-7-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Israel Launches Intense Round Of Airstrikes Against Palestinian Terror Tunnels","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-524715","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\/Israel-7-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Israel Launches Intense Round Of Airstrikes Against Palestinian Terror Tunnels","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524715","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=524715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/524715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=524715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=524715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}