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Some 300 rockets launched at Israel; army says it destroyed cross-border tunnel, underground rocket factory; Hamas-run Gaza Strip health ministry says baby, her pregnant mother killed

If Jared Kushner and his team really do have anything remotely resembling a peace plan, now would be a good time to roll it out. Because Hamas rocket attacks on Israel’s southern border increase with each passing week. Jared’s plan of waiting until after Ramadan concludes might miss the mark completely. Israel and Hamas could be well into a fourth Intifada by the beginning of June.

With an ally like President Trump in the White House, Israel has never been more confident and sure of themselves than they are right now. But if the Democrats, who have switched to becoming decidedly anti-semitic as they gear up for 2020, gain control the party may well be over for Israeli gains on the world stage. But at the moment, with the US economy on a sustained high, unemployment the lowest in 49 years, and Trump’s approval rating at 50+, the party may yet go on for awhile.

IDF bombs 120 Gaza targets, including attack tunnel, as rockets fired at Israel

FROM TIMES OF ISRAEL: The Israel Defense Forces on Saturday bombed more than 120 targets in the Gaza Strip, including a cross-border attack tunnel, an underground rocket factory and a multi-story building used by Hamas’s military intelligence, in response to the hundreds of rockets and mortar shells fired at southern Israel throughout the day, the army said.

The army said it was prepared to continue conducting airstrikes if the attacks from the Strip continue. The fresh exchange began on Friday evening when Palestinians in the Strip shot two soldiers on patrol near the border in southern Gaza. A male soldier was moderately wounded, and a female soldier was lightly hurt, the IDF said. In response, the Israeli military bombed a Hamas post, killing several of the terror group’s operatives.

Since 10:00am, terrorist groups in Gaza have been firing rockets at Israeli civilians. Continuously. The time is now 10:00pm. That’s 12 hours of rocket attacks. — Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) May 4, 2019

On Saturday morning, terror groups in the Strip began launching rockets and mortar shells at Israel. As of Saturday night, nearly 300 projectiles had been fired, most of them at the towns closest to the Gaza border, but some reached as far as Rehovot and Ashdod. At least two Israeli civilians were wounded in the attacks.

In response, the military launched a series of strikes from air and land, hitting targets throughout the coastal enclave connected to Hamas, which rules Gaza, and the Iran-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad.