Preparing for Response: “Closed Military Area”
Source: The News – Preparing for Response: “Closed Military Area”
( Translated from the Hebrew. – JW )
The UN’s Middle East envoy: “We are working to prevent an escalation but the situation is serious”Nir vernacular, military correspondent | Tamir Steinman | News | Published 25/03/19 13:50 |Updated 25/03/19 15:39
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Senior diplomatic sources warned that the IDF’s response to Hamas’s rocket fire in the Gaza Strip is expected to arrive soon. The IDF has already declared several areas in the Gaza perimeter as closed military zones in order to remove civilians and prepare the ground for a response that may be unusual in previous cases. It should be noted that there have already been instances of declaring a military area in previous events, when tension in the south increased, but the number of roadblocks and areas on which the order was imposed is exceptional. The Eshkol Regional Council sent a message to its residents that it canceled all afternoon activities for the children of the area. “Dear parents, in view of security tensions decided on cancellation of activity classes this afternoon and these will end at 15:45. Any activity beyond this hour classes canceled for today.” As a result of the security situation, areas and roads adjacent to the security fence were also blocked and agricultural work in these areas was halted. The blocked roads are: Kobi Hill in Sderot, Giv’at HaPa’amonim, the Black Arrow site, Givat Nazemit, the Lone Knight Hill. Route 4 From the direction of the Yad Mordechai intersection, it was blocked in the direction of Netiv Ha’asara. Route 25 from the Saad Junction was blocked to Kibbutz Nahal Oz.
The IDF announced that it would deploy reserves to the Iron Dome and Home Front Command and transfer an armored brigade and infantry brigade to Gaza. In addition to the two brigades, the division headquarters will also be located in the Gaza Strip. Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi and the Chief of General Staff together with the head of the Shin Bet complete the assessment of the situation and prepare for a variety of scenarios. In the IDF, Hamas is responsible for the rocket fired from the terrorist organization in Rafah and refuses to say whether it was a mistake in the defense establishment: The missile will not intercept it because Hamas could not do so. Threatened: “We will respond strongly if Israel attacks.”
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Initial findings indicate that the missile did not explode when it hit the roof, but exploded only after penetrating into the ground. The forces are digging the remains to determine the type of missile fired. At the same time, police terrorists are searching the demolished building for the remains of the explosive head for intelligence purposes and to prevent a larger explosion when the building is demolished. On the orders of engineering officials, several bulldozers were brought to the scene in order to destroy what remained of the house. The family in the hospital received the news on the subject. Property tax officials are in the field and estimate the damage.
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According to reports, the landlady was the only one who did not arrive at the time in the shelter and was therefore more severely injured. In addition to the house that was hit, several vehicles and other houses were also damaged. “The Israel Police is prepared all year round and we are prepared for all the developments around us. We searched the house to make sure there were no more casualties,” said a police representative who arrived at the scene. Some of the residents of the moshav who were walking around the house said that they woke up in terror and thought at first that it was a siren experiment. “We did not believe it would come here,” they told the news reporter. “All the houses here in the area have been hit by a shrapnel, I do not know what a missile it was, but it was really serious,” said a resident of the town who was hit. “I am only a citizen, but I have to change the government in my opinion.” The IDF did not give special instructions to the residents. |




