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The silence was violated: rocket barrages to the Gaza envelope | Israel today

2020-02-24T10:46:02.791Z


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Alarm sounded after half a day quiet in Sderot and localities in the surrounding area • IDF Spokesman: Six missiles were fired from the Gaza Strip, five were intercepted by an Iron Dome • Earlier today, spokesman for "Sari Al Quds" threatened: , The account is not yet closed "

  • Photo: Yehuda Peretz

  • Residents in the south run to shelter during a red color alarm // Photo: AP

A red color alarm was heard at noon (Monday) in Sderot and other areas of the Gaza Strip. Residents in the area testify to a number of explosions and interceptions seen in the sky. The attack came after several hours without alarms and gunfire from the Gaza Strip. MDA reports that no casualties have been reported so far. Following reports of warnings, the IDF spokesman said that "six launches have been identified from the Gaza Strip to Israeli territory. Air defense fighters will intercept five launches."

Photo: Yehuda Peretz

The air force carried out a series of attacks last night on Islamic Jihad terrorist targets in the Syrian capital Damascus and the Gaza Strip, according to an IDF spokesman. Islamic Jihad admitted during the night that two men were killed in the Israeli attack south of Damascus and released their names, Ziad Mansour ( 24) and Salim Salim (23) The organization promised to avenge the blood of its activists, Abu Hamza, a spokesman for Sariya al-Quds, said earlier this morning: "The Zionist aggression against Damascus, and the killing of two of our fighters as a result of the bombing, is an event that must be met ".

The organization claimed that one of the targets of the attack was attended by Iranian Revolutionary Guards and officials of the Islamic Jihad and that some were killed, but did not specify their numbers.

The IDF spokesman said that in the Adelia region on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, a site of the Jihad organization, which is a significant anchor of the organization in Syria, was attacked.

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The IDF said that in addition to the targets in Syria, dozens of jihad terrorist targets in the Gaza Strip were attacked. In Rafah, underground infrastructures and sites were used to store raw materials used to produce rockets.

Due to the tension: Closing roads in the envelope

• In light of the assessment of the situation, the IDF decided to block areas and routes adjacent to the Gaza perimeter fence. The areas and roads that are blocked are all agricultural access roads west of Highway 232, and the following roads will also be closed in both directions:

• Road # 4 - from Zikim Junction to the intersection of Kibbutz Nir Am.

• Road # 34 - from Yad Mordechai Junction to Kibbutz Erez.

• Road # 232 - from Levelsim Junction to Kfar Gaza Junction.

• In addition, entrance to Kobe Hill in Sderot, the Black Arrow Memorial, Assaf Siboni Zell Bell Hill, Nezmite Hill and Lone Difference Hill will be banned.

• In addition, it was decided to close Zikim Beach to visitors.

• It should be emphasized that roads should not be stopped during travel in the surrounding area for personal safety reasons.

Islamic Jihad members launch rockets // Photo: AFP

Source: israelhayom

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