JERUSALEM, 30 January 2020, TON: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejecting President Trump’s US’ crafted Middle East peace plan said, “We rejected this deal from the start and our stance is… we say a thousand times, no, no, no!” The Palestinian leadership has rejected the plan saying. “There no division of Jerusalem will be tolerated and Palestinian state without Jerusalem was impossible.”

Meanwhile, Palestinian organized mass protests in the West Bank and Gaza Strip chanting slogans and carrying banners against US-Israeli conspiracy against the Muslim’s lands. As a reaction of Palestinian response to Middle East peace plan and outright rejection, Israeli soldiers carried out, on Thursday airstrikes targeting five targets in central and southern Gaza Strip. Reportedly, one of the missile also hit structures near Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, causing destruction. Media reports claimed that a Hamas leader was killed; however, same could not be confirmed by other sources.

After the airstrikes, Israeli military carried out additional missile attacks while Israeli warplanes continued attacking several other locations causing damage to the buildings with no casualty. Some of the missile fell on open places.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spokesperson claimed that Tel Aviv carried out attack as response to a rocket attack carried out from Gaza towards Israel. He added, Israeli strikes targeted Izz-ud-Din Al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas setup in Khan Younis and farmhouse in Deir al-Balah city in Gaza Strip. However, causalities were not spelled out.