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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Hamas: Firing rockets at Israel 'natural response to Israeli crimes'</h1>
<div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits">May 11, 2023</div>
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<img src="cid:ii_lhj9ufkg0" alt="image.png" width="457" height="305"><br><p>The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas – said on
Wednesday that the firing of rockets towards Israel "is a natural
response to Israeli crimes."</p>
<p>About 36 hours after Israeli occupation bombing of residential
buildings, killing 25 people and wounding 76 others, the Palestinian
resistance factions fired back at Israel.</p>
<p>"With the help and power of God Almighty, the Joint Room of the
Palestinian Resistance Factions announces the launch of Operation
Revenge of the Free," the group said in a statement after firing several
rocket barrages into Israel.</p>
<p>The operation "consists of directing a large rocket strike with
hundreds of missiles on the enemy's sites, settlements and targets," the
group added.</p>
<p>It stressed: "Targeting civilian homes, assaulting our people and
assassinating our men and heroes is a redline that will be confronted
with all force. The Israeli occupation will pay dearly."</p>
<p>Hamas Spokesman Hazem Qasem said: "This operation proves that the
Palestinian resistance is always ready to respond to Israeli crimes and
aggression."</p>
<p>Qasem stressed that "the Palestinian resistance had taken a decision
not to let any Israeli crime pass without an appropriate response."</p>
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