Publish date18 May 2021 - 15:44
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Palestinian resistance fighters target Israeli warship off Gaza coast

Palestinian resistance fighters have targeted an Israeli military vessel off the coast of the Gaza Strip as the Tel Aviv regime continues its bombardment of the besieged enclave and the violence enters a second week with no sign of an end to the hostilities, despite growing international concern.
Palestinian resistance fighters target Israeli warship off Gaza coast
The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas resistance movement, announced in a statement  that an Israeli battleship had been hit off the coast of the Gaza Strip, with a barrage of missiles.
The statement added that the missile attack came after the Israeli military launched fresh series of air raids on the Gaza Strip early on Monday.
The al-Qassam Brigades highlighted that it had renewed shelling Erez kibbutz in the southwestern part of the Israeli occupied territories, which lies just one kilometer north of the Gaza Strip, and Hatzerim Israeli Air Force Base on the western outskirts of the Israeli city of Beersheba.
Islamic Jihad: Resistance adamant to achieve victory
Meanwhile, the Islamic Jihad resistance movement stated that the ongoing battle in the face of the Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip has achieved “major goals,” emphasizing that the Palestinian resistance front “insists on achieving victory for al-Quds.” 
It said in a statement on Sunday that Israeli US-made F-35 fighter jets pounded the Gaza Strip whilst horrified civilians were sleeping at their homes.
The Islamic Jihad highlighted that the strikes were conducted after Palestinian resistance fighters inflicted heavy losses on the occupied lands which took Israeli officials off guard.
The Palestinian resistance movement went on to say that the Operation al-Quds Sword “will take revenge for the killing of children at the hands of terrorists, who deprived Palestinians of the happiness of Eid al-Fitr, and attacked holy sites during the holy month of Ramadan.”
The statement underlined that Israeli air raids against civilian facilities and residential buildings are “clear proof of the systematic terrorism by the Israeli enemy’s .... army.”
The Islamic Jihad finally decried Washington’s stance vis-à-vis the Tel Aviv regime’s acts of aggression against Palestinians, stressing such an approach “has provided a cover-up for Israel’s atrocities and violations, and made the United States complicit in the regime’s hostilities.”
Hamas warns of more attacks on Tel Aviv if Israel continues Gaza strikes
Meanwhile, Hamas resistance movement warned on Monday that it will resume missile attacks on the Israeli capital, Tel Aviv, if the regime continues its airstrikes against residential areas of Gaza.
The warning was announced by Abu Ubeida, the spokesman for the movement, after Israeli warplanes targeted a residential tower in Gaza City, killing two Palestinians and injuring 10 others.
Israeli warplanes bomb, destroy Gaza's main power lines
The Electricity Distribution Company of Gaza announced on Monday that Israeli warplanes have destroyed the main power lines supplying electricity to the people of the Gaza Strip, leaving homes and service establishments without electricity.
According to Wafa news agency the company’s statement added that a wide sector of the electricity distribution network of the Gaza Strip has been destroyed as a result of the Israeli aggression, causing losses amounting to millions of dollars.
According to the company, there are five main transmission lines that have been disrupted since the beginning of the Israeli aggression while the remaining lines are constantly disrupted and out of service by Israeli attacks.
The company warned against shutdown of the power station due to the closure of the Karam Abu Salem crossing through which fuel needed for the Gaza power plant crosses.
Israel planning ‘terrible massacre’ against journalists
Separately, the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate (PJS) has warned of “terrible massacre” that Israel plans against journalists, after a building that housed international media offices in the Gaza Strip, including Al Jazeera, was hit by an Israeli air raid.
The PJS called on the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres to immediately intervene and ensure protection for journalists, who could be the victims of “war crimes” or even direct targeting.
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