Hamas: rocket fire is natural reaction to Israeli crimes

Hamas Movement defended Tuesday’s rocket fire at a number of Israeli targets as a “natural response to Israeli crimes”.

Spokesman for the group Fawzi Barhoum has held the Israeli occupation state fully responsible for consequences resulting from its persistent military escalation against the population and their resistance in the Gaza Strip.

At six Israelis, including three soldiers, were injured by shrapnel on Tuesday when rockets fired from the Gaza Strip struck the Eshkol settlement complex in southern Israel, according to Israeli media reports.

The incident came few hours after Israeli warplanes targeted a number of resistance sites belong to Hamas and Islamic Jihad movements. A secondary school was also targeted during the attack.

Four resistance fighters were killed in Israeli artillery attacks on resistance posts in northern and southern Gaza.