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A missile fired from a combat helicopter fell on the Eshkol Regional Council; Damage was done to the structure
The missile was launched as part of an IDF attack on Hamas targets in the southern Gaza Strip in response to the firing of incendiary balloons into Israeli territory, there were no casualties in the incident and minor damage was done to an agricultural structure. IDF: The fall will be evacuated
Tags- Eshkol Regional Council
Amir Bohbot
Wednesday, 12 August 2020, 09:07A missile fired from an IDF combat helicopter landed last night (Wednesday) in a locality in the Eshkol Regional Council area. There were no casualties in the incident and minor damage was done to an agricultural structure in the locality. The IDF spokesman said
that due to a malfunction, the missile fell in the Gaza Envelope area and did not explode. The fallout will be evacuated in the coming hours and the incident is being investigated
. "The IDF takes all terrorist activity against Israeli territory very seriously and will continue to act as much as necessary against attempts to harm civilians," the IDF spokesman said. "Hamas bears responsibility for what is happening in and out of the Gaza Strip, and it will bear the consequences of terrorist acts against Israeli citizens."