Tag: Rockets
Netanyahu: If Gaza fire continues, IDF will retaliate before March 2 elections
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Wednesday that if Palestinian terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip continue to launch rockets and airborne incendiary devices against Israel, he will order an extensive military operation...
IDF strikes Hamas targets in Gaza after three rockets fired into Israel
The Israeli military carried out airstrikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after terrorists based in the coastal enclave fired three rockets at southern Israel.
According to Palestinian media reports, Israeli aircraft...
IDF hits Hamas weapon factories in Gaza following rocket attack
Israeli jets struck Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning after several several projectiles were fired from the coastal territory at southern Israel overnight.
The shells were intercepted by the Iron Dome air...
Israel strikes Hamas targets after two rockets fired at Beersheva
Israel struck several Hamas installations in the Gaza Strip on Saturday after two rockets were fired at the city of Beersheva from the coastal territory, setting off warning sirens.
According to Israeli military sources, the...
US, Israeli firefighters work side by side as rockets fall
As rockets fell on southern and central Israel last week, a team of U.S. firefighters worked side by side with their Israeli counterparts to extinguish brush and building fires, and deal with other emergencies.
The...
After 50 hours of fire exchanges, Israel waits to see if Gaza Strip stabilizes
A ceasefire that appeared fragile, and which was punctured twice by rocket fire from Gaza, went into effect on Thursday after 50 hours of combat between the Iranian-backed Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror faction and...
Ceasefire off to shaky start as sirens wail in southern Israel
A ceasefire between Israel and Gaza-based terrorist groups that went into effect early Thursday morning was immediately put to the test as five rockets from Gaza sent Israelis scrambling for shelter in the south.
The...
Israel seeks to prevent further escalation on second day of conflict with Islamic Jihad
Israel carefully managed its second day of conflict with Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) on Wednesday, keeping airstrikes focused on the suppression of Gazan rocket-launch squads, as Hamas, despite declarations, continued to sit on the...
Gaza rocket triggers sirens, causes evacuation in southern Israeli town
A rocket was fired at southern Israel on Wednesday night, triggering a siren in the town of Netiv Ha’asara, north of the Gaza Strip. According to the Israel Defense Forces, the rocket did not...
Visiting wounded soldiers, Netanyahu says ‘rules of the game’ have changed in Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited wounded soldiers at a hospital in southern Israel on Monday after a weekend of hostilities, where the Israeli leader said that the “rules of the game” have changed...