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The escalation continues: Red color alarm in Sderot | Israel today

2020-01-31T18:31:06.983Z


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Alert sounded in Gaza, unknown about casualties or casualties • Earlier mortar shells were fired at Israeli territory

A red color alarm was heard on Friday night in the city of Sderot, the IDF spokesman reported.

Three mortar shells from the Gaza Strip were fired at the Eshkol Regional Council. An iron dome system intercepted two bombs, and another bomb fell on council territory. Eshkol spokesmen said that "warnings were issued in the Home Front Command app in several localities in the council and there were explosions in the area, but no warnings were activated within localities under review." In response to the mortar shell fire, an IDF tank attacked Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip.

The IDF attacks Hamas terror targets in the Gaza Strip

The IDF spokesman said that an IDF tank attacked a military position of the Hamas terrorist organization in the southern Gaza Strip, in response to the mortar shells fired from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory earlier today.

Last night, three rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip in the direction of Sderot and other towns in the Gaza Strip. In response to rocket fire fired into Israeli territory, during the night between Thursday and Friday, IDF targets attacked the Hamas terror organization in the southern Gaza Strip.

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A statement issued after the IDF attack stated that Air Force aircraft and fighter jets attacked a wide range of terrorist targets of the Hamas terrorist organization in the southern Gaza Strip. Hamas terrorist organization, "the message reads.

IDF attacks targets of Hamas terrorist organization // Photo: Ai Nose. times

The rocket launch event from the Gaza Strip to Israeli territory amounted to one rocket that fell in an open area in Sderot, near Sapir College. The Iron Dome system probably performed two successful interceptions. In Sderot, a three-week-old mother and daughter fell on their way to the protected area. The daughter was moderately injured, the mother lightly.

Also, during the past week, explosive balloons connected to cargo in several locations throughout the south have been identified, and tensions across the Gaza Strip appear to have increased over the past week.

Source: israelhayom

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