Hamas displays its firepower three days into the Israeli offensive
It has been three days since Israel has launched its military offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip but the defiant militant group continues to send rockets flying into Israel. The continuing rocket firing into Israel shows that Hamas still has plenty of firepower at their disposal. 
The rockets managed to take the lives of four Israelis along with one soldier whereas the number of those injured was counted as eight. On the opposite side the Israeli attacks have managed to claim 364 Palestinian lives with sixty four of them being civilians.
On early Tuesday morning the Hamas government buildings were carpeted with sixteen bombs dropped by Israeli warplanes. The bombs managed to destroy the Gaza City complex completely setting it up in flames and reducing it to a pile of rubble. Forty people were injured during this attack.
A day before the focus of the Israeli attacks was the homes of Hamas field operatives. This attack was targeted at striking a blow at the very roots of Hamas. The defense minister of Israel has promised that the current attacks are going to be a “war to the bitter end against Hamas” and their allied militants.
Three days into the attack Hamas has kept its rocket attacks on going. In fact the most recent attacks have revealed that Hamas is in possession of some more powerful rockets that can hit targets further into Israel.
Monday night a missile managed to reach Ashdod which is at a distance of 23 miles from the Gaza strip. It managed to strike a bus stop resulting in the death of one woman and injuring others.
A mortar strike also managed to claim the live of an Israeli soldier. Five others have also been injured and one is said to be in a critical condition quite likely to lose his life.
Hamas has also revealed statements saying that it has fired more than 43 home-made rockets along with seventeen longer range grads and six mortar shells. Hamas is also being supported by allied militant groups that are using their own fire power against Israel.
In its reactionary offensive Israel is targeting the Hamas foundation. The different strikes made by Israeli warplanes have managed to successfully damage many of Hamas’s strategic buildings but at the same time there have been enormous civilian casualties.
