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An explosion during an Israeli air strike on Gaza, August 8, 2018. IMAGE: Reuters In the early hours of March 31, the Israeli military struck targets inside the Gaza Strip following the launch of several rockets from the besieged Palestinian region. “5 rockets were launched from Gaza at Israel,” the Israeli military said on Twitter, without providing any addition information. Palestinian sources said that the Israeli artillery strike targeted at least one observation post of the Hamas Movement east of the area of Deir al-Balah in the center of the Gaza Strip. Initial reports indicate that no one was injured or killed as a result of the strike. This new escalation came only hours after a fresh wave of protests by civilians along the separation fence around the Gaza Strip. Palestinian medical sources said that 4 protestors were killed by the Israeli military fire, while dozens others were injured. The Palestinian rocket attack, which targeted the Israeli Eshkol Regional Co

The Turkish military blog,  SavunmaSanayiST , released several photos on March 30 showing a modernized Turkish Leopard 2A4 main battle tank (MBT). The local Turkish upgrade package added a completely modern armour suit for the German-made MBT, which was first introduced in the late 70s. The Turkish Armed Forces operate more than 350 tanks of the 2A4 type. SavunmaSanayiST @SavunmaSanayiST Modernizasyon çalışmaları devam etmekte olan Kara Kuvvetleri Komutanlığına ait 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝟐𝐀𝟒 Ana Muharebe Tankı (AMT). Modernizasyon ile ilgili değerlendirme yazımız, özel bilgi ve görsellerle bugün sizinle olacaktır. 562 10:01 AM - Mar 30, 2019 116 people are talking about this Twitter Ads info and privacy The photos show that the front of the Leopard tank was equipped with an add-on modular armour. However, the sides of the tank’s turret and body were covered with explosive reactive armour (ERA) bricks similar in desig