Press TV – April 28, 2025

Israeli forces have confirmed using the new “Bar” rocket for first time in Gaza, marking a significant escalation and taking its savagery to new heights in the ongoing genocidal campaign in Gaza.

The rocket, designed for high accuracy and rapid deployment, was reportedly used to cause massive destruction in densely populated areas of southern Gaza.

According to an Israeli military statement, the precision-guided rockets were deployed by the 282nd Artillery Regiment to allegedly strike positions Hamas and other Palestinian resistance groups.

The statement further claimed that the strikes developed by Israeli contractor Elbit Systems were allegedly aimed at minimizing civilian casualties in the besieged Palestinian region.

Contrary to Israeli military claims, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported more than a dozen civilian deaths and 37 injuries in the affected areas, attributing them to the most recent Israeli attacks in the area.

The Israeli occupation army has also recently intensified its use of suicide drones to target the tents and homes of displaced persons.

Photos and video of the drones’ remnants were reviewed and identified by Trevor Ball, a munitions researcher and a former US army explosive ordnance disposal specialist.

“One-way attack drones are effectively missiles, and under most technical definitions they are considered missiles,” Ball said.

“Effects-wise, these are pretty similar to the bombs and missiles they were using to strike tents and schools before. The biggest difference is these are loitering munitions, where they can circle a target for a period of time before engaging.”

The Israeli military has already used surveillance technologies, artificial intelligence (AI), and other digital tools to cause massive large-scale destruction in the residential areas of the besieged Palestinian strip.

Israel developed new artificial intelligence tools to gain an advantage in the brutal military campaign in Gaza and elsewhere across the region.

Meanwhile, Gaza’s Health Ministry says nearly 40 people have lost their lives across the besieged strip on Monday.

Since the beginning of the aggression, the Israeli military has also been using old armored personnel carriers (APCs) packed with tons of explosives to preemptively clear the so-called combat zones before troops enter.

The International Committee of the Red Cross says renewed Israeli airstrikes have unleashed a new inferno in the Gaza Strip.

Red Cross director general, Pierre Krahenbuhl, highlighted the trauma of the families of Palestinian prisoners and more than 1400 first responders killed in the Israeli atrocities in Gaza.

His remarks came as a dozen Palestinian civilians were killed and several more injured in only one of the Israeli airstrikes north of the Gaza Strip.

According to the Health Ministry, at least 72 people lost their lives across the besieged strip in 24 hours. The latest fatalities have increased the death toll from the genocidal war since October 2023 to more than 52310. Nearly 117800 others have been injured.

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