BEIRUT, LEBANON (3:20 A.M.) – The Israeli Defense Forces have unleashed another powerful attack in the Gaza Strip after another big exchange of hostilities earlier tonight.

According to local reports, the Israeli Defense Forces repeatedly pounded the southern part of the Gaza Strip, striking the small towns near the Rafah Crossing into Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.

In response to the Israeli attack, the Palestinian forces have opened fire on the IAF’s warplanes in an attempt to shoot down one of their aircraft.

The Palestinian forces maintain that they are responding to the Israeli hostilities, while the IDF claims their attacks are defensive in nature.