MAAN NEWS - The Popular Resistance Committees' armed wing said Saturday that the recent intensive shelling of the Gaza Strip showed that Israel was preparing for a comprehensive offensive on the Strip.
In a statement, the An-Nasser Brigades spokesman Abu Yousef said the continued escalation in attacks on the coastal enclave was a declaration of war by Israel. Further, he said the attacks targeted civilians.
Six Palestinians, including two women and a child, were injured Friday afternoon when Israel launched three airstrikes on central and southern Gaza. Israel continued to shell southern Gaza overnight.
An Israeli military spokesman said the attacks were in response to projectiles launched from Gaza into southern Israel.
The An-Nasser Brigades claimed responsibility for firing three projectiles at Israeli intelligence headquarters near the Gaza border on Thursday. In a statement, the PRC said the operation was in response to Israel's assassination of two brothers in central Gaza City on Wednesday. The Israeli military said the brothers, Islam and Muhammad Yassin, were planning to attack Israeli citizens in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula.
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