In early hours of May 14 and in an uneven battle with Zionist regime, some areas in Gaza Strip were pounded and during those Zionist regime’s air raids on Gaza Strip, 27 Palestinians were martyred and it was reported three women, two new-born girls and a pregnant woman were among the martyrs.

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In response to those savage attacks and massacre of defenseless people by Zionist regime, Islamic Jihad Movement of Palestine with ideological link to the Resistance Movement fired 690 rockets to retaliate Zionist attacks. There were some reports which pointed to the number of demolished buildings, cars and urban installations and if there were human casualties, they refrained to announce.

This destructive attack ended by firing of 690 rockets but it seemed that almost 6900 rockets had been fired at the Occupied Lands. Of course this attack could lead to firing of thousands of rockets but it ended after mediation of Egypt, Qatar and the UN for a ceasefire on May 16. It was a wretched condition for Zionist regime and it has been completely unprecedented of its kind.

These Palestinians’ rocket attacks hit Kiryat Gat, an Israeli city near the Palestinian enclave, as well as Sderot and some other neighboring cities and inflicted heavy damages to over 130 buildings and tens of cars. The attacks carried out by Islamic Jihad Movement in compliance with the Resistance Movement and in response to Zionists attacks.

For the first time, Zionist regime confessed to the extent of attacks, their heavy damages and to the Islamic Jihad’s rockets power during the two-day conflict.

According to Palestinian news  agency Sama, Israel’s Tax Authority’s Compensation Fund in its assessment of the sustained damages during the Palestinians’ rocket attacksstipulated that cities of Ashkelon and Ashdod have suffered considerable damages comparing to other cities. It added that 166 buildings and 90 cars in Ashkelon and 182 buildings and 50 cars in Ashdod have been damaged during the attacks.

According to this fund, so far 754 claims have been submitted to the fund for damages to buildings, motor vehicles and offices. The cities in which the largest number of claims were filed were Ashdod and Ashkelon. The 10 families who were evacuated to hotels financed by the fund returned to their homes or moved to alternative housing.

It is for the first time that the fund publishes details on damages on buildings, motor vehicles and cities which were inflicted during the war with Palestinians and this time during the two-day war in Gaza Strip by only revealing damages to buildings and cars.

Of course some news sources from the Occupied Lands have reported that Zionists are manipulating the truth about the casualty toll, claiming that Palestinian resistance groups have fired 690 rockets to the Occupied Palestine and killed 4 and wounded 130 Israelis. They also said that one Israeli armored carrier and one Army Jeep have been targeted by the Resistance Group’s anti-tank missiles.

To date Zionists had not faced such a strong response and after the 22-day war in Gaza, this rocket battle was a tremendous one which was carried out through prudence of Islamic Jihad and Hamas and this initiative is called “Resistance Front Initiative”.

By: Hamid Reza Naghashian