5-day Israeli military drills kick off on Gaza border

The Israeli occupation army on Sunday embarked on a round of military maneuvers along Gaza borders, according to PIC.

The Israeli army says the drills, slated to be wrapped up on Thursday, come as part of the army’s annual plan and has nothing to do with the latest events.

Sounds of warplanes hovering over the territory have been detected by families living near the border fence.

On November 11, one-week drills were carried out by the Israeli army in anticipation of alleged attacks by the Islamic Jihad Movement in response to an earlier Israeli strike on a resistance site that took away the lives of 12 Palestinian fighters.

Another round of drills was carried out by the occupation forces in the Jordan Valley and the Golan Heights, in what observers dubbed a move heralding a projected Israeli escalation in the region.