GAZA, July 2: Hamas’s armed wing threatened on Sunday to attack Israeli schools, institutions and power plants if Israel, pursuing a military campaign to free a soldier, continued its air strikes against infrastructure in Gaza.

“If they continue with these attacks we will strike similar targets in the Zionist Occupation which we have not targeted until now,” said Abu Ubaida, a spokesman for the armed wing of the Palestinian movement.

Israel has launched air strikes against Gaza’s main power plant and road bridges as part of an offensive launched last week to free Corporal Gilad Shalit, who was taken prisoner by members of Hamas, in a cross-border raid.—Reuters