As expected, the IDF began striking targets in the Gaza Strip Tuesday night in retaliation for several rockets fired into Israeli territory earlier in the day.
By World Israel News Staff
After more than 30 rockets were fired at Israel Tuesday following the death of hunger-striking Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist Khader Adnan, the IDF striking targets in the Gaza Strip.
The attack, launched at 11:30 p.m., was expected, as officials were urging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to launch a stronger-than-usual response.
In response to the Rockets launched by Gazan terror factions over israeli civilians: the IDF retaliates this hour against military sites of the terror organization Hamas pic.twitter.com/cEWtTR8HtP
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During the IDF attack, a red alert sounded in Sderot and in the surrounding area, and two minutes later, the alarm was sounded in the near Netivot. At this point there are no reports of casualties; Some rockets were successfully intercepted and others fell in open areas.
Seven people were wounded in Sderot earlier in the day when rockets struck the southern city.
The Israel Air Force attacked the western part of Gaza City and the northern part of the Strip, including Hamas targets, Hebrew-language media reported.
Israel sent a message to the terror group that it bears responsibility for the attacks on Israeli soil, as it rules the Gaza Strip, despite the fact that Palestinian Islamic Jihad had carried out several attacks following the death of one its most prominent leaders, Khader Anan, in Israeli prison Tuesday morning.
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