GHAZA, 16 September 2020 (TON): Amid Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's signing of normalisation deals with the UAE and Bahrain in Washington, at least two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip by unidentified miscreant elements that landed inside Israel. The Israeli authority claims that one of rocket was intercepted by Israel's anti-missile system while the other hit Ashdod, wounding at least two people. Palestinian factions operating in Gaza had denied any involvement and claimed that it was an Israeli conspiracy to target Hamas. Palestinians said that they carried out only peaceful protests and demonstrations in the Palestinian territories.

Israel bombed Gaza on Wednesday morning after rocket fire from the territory coinciding with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's signing of normalisation deals with the UAE and Bahrain in Washington. Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas issued a statement claiming that the deals would not achieve peace in the region until the US and Israel acknowledged the right of self determination of the people of Palestine. President Mahmud Abbas warned that "attempts to bypass the Palestinian people and its leadership, represented by the Palestine Liberation Organisation, will have dangerous consequences".