Rising Tensions Between Palestine and Israel... Hamas Base Airstrike

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[Asia Economy Reporter Jo Yujin] On the 15th (local time), Israel and two Middle Eastern countries, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, signed a normalization agreement at the White House in the United States, escalating military tensions between Palestine and Israel.

On the morning of the 16th, the Israeli military conducted airstrikes on weapons manufacturing facilities of the Palestinian armed group Hamas in the Gaza Strip, explaining that the attack was in response to rockets fired from the Gaza Strip.

Hamas, the Palestinian armed group governing the Gaza Strip, warned in relation to the Israeli airstrikes, saying, "The occupiers (Israel) will pay the price for attacking our people and resistance sites," AFP reported.

Earlier, on the afternoon of the 15th, while Israel and the two Middle Eastern countries, UAE and Bahrain, were participating in the signing ceremony at the White House, two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel, injuring two Israelis.

The rockets launched from the Gaza Strip are interpreted as a protest against Israel's agreement with the UAE and Bahrain. The UAE and Bahrain agreed to establish diplomatic relations with Israel, becoming the first Gulf Arab countries to do so after a long-standing adversarial relationship.

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