On August 8, the Israeli military announced that Palestinian gunmen opened fire at an Israeli engineering vehicle north of the Gaza Strip. Despite that the shooting attack didn’t result in any casualties, a battle tank of the Israeli military responded by shelling a post of the Hamas Movement in Gaza.
A short while ago, terrorists fired shots at civilians engaged in the construction of the barrier along the security fence near the northern Gaza Strip. An engineering vehicle was hit. pic.twitter.com/QT7wa2UIvV
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) August 8, 2018
Few minutes after the incident, Palestinian fighters launched eight rockets from the Gaza Strip at an Israeli settlement around it. Israeli military said that the Iron Dome anti-rocket system managed to intercept two of the rockets, while the rest landed in civilian areas.
#عاجل إعلام الاحتلال: إصابات بالهلع بينها بجراح متوسطة إثر القصف الصاروخي الذي تعرضت له مستوطنة سديروت pic.twitter.com/CdHDaChlcA
— وكالة شهاب (@ShehabAgency) August 8, 2018
According to the Palestinian news agency Shehab, Israeli media said that 2 Israeli civilians were injured in the city of Sderot as result of the shelling. The Palestinian rockets also caused material damage.
إصابتان في مستوطنة سديروت جراء سقوط صاروخ أطلق من قطاع غزة pic.twitter.com/wl488Am5Lo
— وكالة شهاب (@ShehabAgency) August 8, 2018
These developments will likely hinder the UN-proposed ceasefire agreement between the Hamas Movement and Israel. During the last few weeks, a delegation of Hamas discussed the ceasefire proposal in Egypt. However, the Palestinian party is yet to accept it.
