GAZA STRIP (Dispatches) – Hamas has reportedly test-fired new missiles from the besieged Gaza Strip, as the Palestinian resistance group steps up efforts to promote its military capabilities in the face of Zionist acts of aggression.
Israeli media reported that Hamas fired three new missiles into the sea on Saturday morning, as part of its efforts to increase its combat readiness.
The Zionist regime also launches bloody bombing campaigns on Gaza, the latest of which occurred in May, with the Palestinian resistance factions firing more than 4,000 rockets towards the occupied lands during the 11-day war.
Apparently caught off guard by unprecedented rocket barrages, Tel Aviv announced a unilateral ceasefire, which resistance groups accepted with Egyptian mediation.
Zionist regime authorities said that rocket and mortar attacks from Gaza left 12 people dead and “several hundred” injured.
At least 260 Palestinians, including 66 children, were also killed in the Israeli offensive and 1,948 others were wounded, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
Meanwhile, the Zionist regime on Sunday launched a week-long military exercise to test its preparedness in countering unprecedented attacks, including precise rockets firing, use of chemical weapons and cyberattacks, Anadolu Agency reported.
The regime’s exercise is expected to continue until Wednesday with involvement of the Zionist army and all regime and emergency offices, according to a statement by the Israeli army.
The Yedioth Ahronoth daily said the exercise will involve participation of thousands of Zionist troops and civilian personnel to simulate a mass evacuation of areas in response to rocket fire.
Gaza has been under a land, air and sea blockade by the Zionist regime since June 2007, which has caused a decline in the standard of living as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and unrelenting poverty.
The occupying regime maintains a heavy naval presence off the coast of the impoverished Palestinian enclave, severely affecting the livelihood of fishermen.