Israel launches air strikes in Gaza as US President Trump signs decree recognising Israel’s sovereignty on occupied Golan Heights
The decree formalized Trump's statement on March 21 saying it was time for the United States"to fully recognize" Israeli sovereignty over the Golan.President Donald Trump signed a decree on Monday at the start of a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying the United States recognizes Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, territory that Israel seized from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war.
The decree formalized Trump's statement on March 21 saying it was time for the United States "to fully recognize" Israeli sovereignty over the Golan. Israel launches air strikes in GazaIsrael's military launched strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza on Monday, the army and witnesses said, hours after a rocket from the Palestinian enclave hit a house and wounded seven Israelis.there had been at least two strikes on a site belonging to Hamas's military wing in the west of Gaza.
"No one from the resistance movements, including Hamas, has an interest in firing rockets from the Gaza towards the enemy," the official toldon condition of anonymity, evoking the possibility that it may have been caused by "bad weather." He added that the same message had been delivered to Egypt, which has acted as a mediator between Israel and Hamas.
Netanyahu said he was cutting short a trip to Washington due to the incident while Israel's army sent reinforcements to the Gaza area.
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