Netanyahu cuts U.S. trip short after Gaza rocket hits Israeli home
By Ruth Eglash Ruth Eglash Reporter covering Israel and the Palestinian territories Email Bio Follow March 25 at 4:11 AM JERUSALEM — Seven Israelis were injured after a rocket fired Monday from the Gaza Strip scored a direct hit on a house just outside of Tel Aviv, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cut short a visit to Washington.
Netanyahu, who is in the midst of a fierce battle for reelection with Israelis going to the polls in less than 15 days, was also scheduled to give a keynote address at the annual AIPAC policy forum conference on Tuesday morning and participate in a celebratory state dinner with Trump at the White House.
In Gaza, tensions have been high as residents of the impoverished strip, which has been under an Israeli and Egyptian imposed land, sea and air blockade for more than a decade, have been protesting the extreme poverty and Hamas’ heavy-handed tactics cracking down on unrest. A recent United Nations report found that some 189 Gazans were killed by Israeli forces during 2018. The U.N. Commission of Inquiry criticized Israel’s rules of engagement in dealing with the protesters and said the majority of the Palestinians killed “did not pose an immediate threat of death or serious injury to others when they were shot.”Israel has said the protests, which are ongoing, are particularly violent and could act as a cover for Hamas to infiltrate Israel and carry out attacks.
In the hours following the rocket strike, Israel announced that it was closing the main border crossings into the Gaza Strip, a rare move indicating a response will soon be coming.
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