Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist held a parade in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, displaying life-sized replicas of their rockets, following three days of fighting with Israel earlier this month.
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The cause for the celebration is unclear as the PIJ lost two commanders and a dozen fighters as part of Operation Breaking Dawn, an extensive Israeli counterterrorism campaign against the terror group in Gaza. During the escalation, over 1,100 rockets were fired into Israel, forcing about a million Israelis to rush to shelters.
The terrorists drove pick-up trucks with different sizes of rocket replicas and posters of their slain commanders. People lined the streets, throwing flowers.
It was the biggest flare-up since last year's 11-da conflict with Hamas, which has ruled Gaza for the last 15 years, but has stayed on the sidelines in the current round of fighting.
Hamas and the PIJ are considered terror groups by Israel and Western countries and have carried out scores of deadly attacks over the years targeting Israeli civilians.
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