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On April 9 morning, the Israeli Air Force delivered an air strike on “Hamas” target in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said. The strike allegedly hit a Hamas military compound after aa group of Palestinians allegedly broke the so-called security fence and brought improvised explosive devices into Israeli territory on on April 8. IDF ✔ @IDFSpokesperson 13 h Following the earlier report regarding the suspects who infiltrated Israel through the security fence near the Northern Gaza Strip, IDF troops located two explosive devices placed by the terrorists at the scene pic.twitter.com/ZGLjt2O0GN IDF ✔ @IDFSpokesperson The IDF views with great severity any attempt to damage the security fence or security infrastructure & will not allow the region to become a combat zone. Hamas is responsible for all events originating from the Gaza Strip & its consequences 21:31 - 8 Apr 2018 453 222 people are talking about this ...

On April 9, Egyptian Army spokesman Colonel Tamer Rifai announced in an official statement that the Egyptian Army had discovered and destroyed 386 hideouts of ISIS cells in the Sinai Peninsula. Many IEDs, mortar shells, communication systems and loads of explosive materials were found inside the hideouts, according to the official statement. Col. Rifai added that army soldiers had killed 4 ISIS fighters and had arrested 250 suspects during their operations in Sinai Peninsula. 46 vehicles and 114 motorcycles of the terrorist group were also destroyed. During the operations in Sinai, demining squads of the Egyptian Army removed 30 IEDs and mines, that had been planted by ISIS cells to target the Egyptian Army vehicles and personnel. The Egyptian Air Force (EAF) continued its aerial operations against ISIS in Sinai. According to Col. Rifai, 2 positions of ISIS cells were destroyed by EAF warplanes during the last week. The Egyptian Army slowed down its security and military ope...