Zionist entity deploys snipers, tanks, missiles to counter Gaza protests

The Israeli regime says it is reinforcing forces around the Gaza Strip in order to quell weekly protests along a fence separating occupied territories from the besieged Palestinian enclave.

A military statement said Thursday "wide-scale" reinforcements in the southern command had started in order to “prevent infiltration into Occupied Palestine from the Gaza Strip".

Under the plan, more snipers, infantry and armored forces are being deployed along the Gaza fence in anticipation of new demonstrations on Friday and Israeli concerns over their escalation.

Additional "Iron Dome" missile batteries were being sent to the south in preparation for possible rocket and mortar fire from Gaza, the military said.

The decision was taken following a situation assessment held earlier Thursday morning by senior Israeli military officials. The statement said the new deployment will span over the next few days.

The move came after Yahya Sinwar, leader of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, warned in an interview that if Israel does not lift its blockade on Gaza, another war will be impossible to prevent.

In August, the illegal Zionist entity tightened its years-long siege of the coastal strip by closing a pedestrian crossing into the Gaza strip.

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