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Three rockets launched at Netivot and settlements in the Negev fields - Walla! news

2020-02-04T22:43:09.348Z


The launches, which landed in open areas near Netivot, have been joined by a series of recent security incidents in the area. Last week was one of the worst in the Gaza Strip since the fighting round ...


Three rockets were launched at Netivot and settlements in the Negev fields

The launches, which landed in open areas near Netivot, have been joined by a series of recent security incidents in the area. Last week was one of the worst in the Gaza Strip since the last round of fighting

Three rockets were launched at Netivot and settlements in the Negev fields

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Tension in the south of the country: A red color alert was heard tonight (Wednesday) in Netivot and the Gaza Strip. The IDF spokesman said that three launches were identified in total. Residents reported seeing interceptions and scans are underway. Last week was one of the worst in the area since the last round of fighting, with seven rockets and more than 40 explosives that landed in Israel.

Alarms are joining a string of tense events in recent weeks in the area. Three days ago, the Air Force attacked several Hamas targets in Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, against the backdrop of ballooning and the launching of a rocket from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory, which fell in open territory in the Sha'ar Negev regional council. Among the targets attacked were underground infrastructures used by Hamas's military wing, including a military-style structure. To.

The tension in the south - all the numbers. February 2, 2020 (Photo: Image processing)

The previous shooting event took place while Blue and White Chairman Benny Gantz met with residents at Kibbutz Nahal Oz in the council. During the warning Gantz evacuated along with those present instead of a protected space. "Gantz said after the incident." We in white and blue think this should not be a permanent reality. So it has to be changed to a tough security policy. We need either Hamas to come to a quiet settlement and bring the boys home or we have to go to a wider campaign. "

Residents of the area expressed frustration at the worsening security situation. "After thinking that we have already seen everything and experienced everything, the security situation in the Gaza envelope in recent days puts us in the face of new challenges - harder, more challenging, and most of all, much more unbearable," she told Walla! NEWS Meirav Cohen, resident of Kibbutz Kissufim. "A routine that involves ballooning on an hourly basis and shooting mortars and Qassams on a daily basis is a routine that we cannot accept and will not raise our children.

"Children anywhere in the world should not be afraid of balloons, and we, their parents, as well as security officials, should not repeatedly warn them of those life-threatening balloons. According to the commander, after shouting a red paint, she dispatched that should shake all the Siphos in the state, but instead the state captains are busy with their personal affairs and spins, "she accused.

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