Rockets launched from Gaza Strip towards Israel is seen as rocket by Iron Dome anti-missile system is fired to intercept them. (photo credit: REUTERS)
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At least 13 rockets were fired on Israel by Hamas from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday night, IDF spokesperson reported, three were intercepted by Iron Dome. At least three launching sites were spotted by the IDF in the Gaza Strip.
The rockets were fired by Hamas after an IAF strike was reported by Palestinian media sources in which a car owned by a Hamas militant was targeted in the Nuseirat refugee camp on Tuesday night.
It was reported the car was blown up while empty.
IDF spoksperson stated that it used a tank and a drone “to strike a car owned by a Hamas militant active in a unit that sent terror balloons into Israel and two Hamas observation points north of the Gaza Strip.”
It also stated that Hamas bears full responsbility “for the terror and instability.”
More Incoming rocket sirens heard in southern #Israel. At this point at least 10 rockets have been fired from #GazaStrip
— Anna Ahronheim (@AAhronheim) June 27, 2018
Red Sirens alerts were heard in Gaza border communities, Kibbutz Or HaNer near Sderot, Yad Mordechai near Ashkelon and Kibbutz Zikim in the northern Negev desert.
Sirens were also heard in Sderot, Sha’ar HaNegev Regional Council and Sdot Negev Regional Council.
Sirens have been activated in the southern college town of #Sderot where one projectile was reportedly intercepted by #Israel’s Iron Dome missile system. Thousands of Israelis are spending the night in bomb shelters
— Anna Ahronheim (@AAhronheim) June 27, 2018
This is an ongoing story.
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