Palestine: Al-Qassam Brigades launches rocket barrage at Ashkelon in Israel
Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas Movement, launched hundreds of rockets towards the city of Ashkelon on Tuesday evening in response to the Israeli mass displacement of Palestinian citizens from their homes in the Gaza Strip.
In a press statement on Tuesday, al-Qassam Brigades said that it will continue to target Ashkelon until all its inhabitants are displaced if Israel does not stop its policy of forcibly displacing Palestinian citizens in Gaza.
Earlier today, spokesman for al-Qassam Brigades Abu Obeida said that the decision to launch the rocket barrage at Ashkelon was taken in retaliation for the “enemy’s crime of displacing our people and forcing them to evacuate their homes in several areas of the Strip.”
The armed wing of Hamas had warned Israeli residents to evacuate the city of Ashkelon before 5:00 PM (local time).