5 oct 2015
A rocket launched from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel, late Sunday, with no reported injuries, the Israeli army said.
A spokeswoman said that the rocket landed in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council at around 11 p.m.
Rocket sirens sounded afterward, she said, but there were no additional rockets.
The rocket fire comes amid heightened tensions in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, where by Sunday night, Israeli soldiers and settlers had shot nearly 100 Palestinians with live and rubber bullets in a 24-hour period.
The most recent clashes were prompted by Israeli army and settler reprisals for the death of two Israeli men in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem's Old City.
However, tensions have been mounting for weeks, particularly due to ongoing restrictions on Palestinians seeking to enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem -- the third holiest site in Islam.
On Wednesday, the Israeli army launched four air strikes on the Gaza Strip after a rocket was fired from the besieged coastal enclave the night before.
Witnesses and Palestinian security sources said four training camps for Hamas's armed wing, the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, were hit in the strikes. They were empty at the time, and no one was injured.
The rocker fire was later claimed by a Salafist militant group known as the Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade, which said on Twitter that it carried out the attack in response to the killing of 18-year-old Hadeel Hashlomon in Hebron a week earlier.
Despite the brigade claiming responsibility, the Israeli army laid blame on Gaza's de facto leaders Hamas.
Hamas has not claimed responsibility for any rocket attacks since last year's devastating war in Gaza, and the movement has attempted to clamp down on armed activity by smaller political groups in the territory -- among them the Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade.
A spokeswoman said that the rocket landed in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council at around 11 p.m.
Rocket sirens sounded afterward, she said, but there were no additional rockets.
The rocket fire comes amid heightened tensions in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem, where by Sunday night, Israeli soldiers and settlers had shot nearly 100 Palestinians with live and rubber bullets in a 24-hour period.
The most recent clashes were prompted by Israeli army and settler reprisals for the death of two Israeli men in a stabbing attack in Jerusalem's Old City.
However, tensions have been mounting for weeks, particularly due to ongoing restrictions on Palestinians seeking to enter the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem -- the third holiest site in Islam.
On Wednesday, the Israeli army launched four air strikes on the Gaza Strip after a rocket was fired from the besieged coastal enclave the night before.
Witnesses and Palestinian security sources said four training camps for Hamas's armed wing, the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, were hit in the strikes. They were empty at the time, and no one was injured.
The rocker fire was later claimed by a Salafist militant group known as the Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade, which said on Twitter that it carried out the attack in response to the killing of 18-year-old Hadeel Hashlomon in Hebron a week earlier.
Despite the brigade claiming responsibility, the Israeli army laid blame on Gaza's de facto leaders Hamas.
Hamas has not claimed responsibility for any rocket attacks since last year's devastating war in Gaza, and the movement has attempted to clamp down on armed activity by smaller political groups in the territory -- among them the Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade.
30 sept 2015
The Israeli Air Force fired, on Wednesday at dawn, several missiles targeting different areas in the besieged Gaza Strip, causing significant property damage.
Media sources in Gaza said the army fired one missiles into a site, southwest of Gaza city, causing serious property damage, while many families suffered anxiety attacks.
The air force fired another missile targeting an area, east of Gaza city, also causing significant damage, but no injuries.
In addition, one Israeli missile struck a shed in the Sudaniyya area, northwest of Gaza city, destroying it, and causing damage to several nearby structures.
Two more missiles were fired into an agricultural land, north of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army claimed a shell, fired from Gaza, was successfully intercepted by the Iron Dome system, and that the Code Red siren system was sounded in various areas in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council and Ashdod.
Media sources in Gaza said the army fired one missiles into a site, southwest of Gaza city, causing serious property damage, while many families suffered anxiety attacks.
The air force fired another missile targeting an area, east of Gaza city, also causing significant damage, but no injuries.
In addition, one Israeli missile struck a shed in the Sudaniyya area, northwest of Gaza city, destroying it, and causing damage to several nearby structures.
Two more missiles were fired into an agricultural land, north of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army claimed a shell, fired from Gaza, was successfully intercepted by the Iron Dome system, and that the Code Red siren system was sounded in various areas in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council and Ashdod.
21 sept 2015
A rocket launched from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel overnight, Israel's army said, with no reported injuries.
According to Ma'an, the rocket landed in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council overnight, with Israeli forces conducting searches in the area.
Sirens did not sound before the rocket fire, Israeli media reported.
No Palestinian group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Israeli warplanes attacked several targets across the Gaza Strip on Friday night after rockets were fired at an Israeli town bordering Gaza.
Friday’s rocket fire marked the eleventh such attack to hit Israel since January, according to the Israeli army, with no injuries caused.
Palestinians face near daily incidents of violence by Israeli forces surrounding the Gaza Strip, with 27 incidents of shootings, incursions, and arrests in July this year alone.
According to Ma'an, the rocket landed in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council overnight, with Israeli forces conducting searches in the area.
Sirens did not sound before the rocket fire, Israeli media reported.
No Palestinian group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Israeli warplanes attacked several targets across the Gaza Strip on Friday night after rockets were fired at an Israeli town bordering Gaza.
Friday’s rocket fire marked the eleventh such attack to hit Israel since January, according to the Israeli army, with no injuries caused.
Palestinians face near daily incidents of violence by Israeli forces surrounding the Gaza Strip, with 27 incidents of shootings, incursions, and arrests in July this year alone.
20 sept 2015
The Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas says it has captured a drone belonging to the Israeli regime in the north of the besieged Gaza Strip, the second such incident in about two months.
Press TV/Al Ray reports that, according to media reports on Saturday, members of the Hamas military wing, Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, seized the aircraft after it fell in an area on the outskirts of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza.
Qassam Brigades officials have not made any comments on the report so far.
This is the second Israeli drone seized by Palestinian resistance fighters over the past two months. Back in July, Hamas announced that another drone came down in northern Gaza, adding that the movement’s fighters managed to rebuild the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
The Tel Aviv regime makes frequent use of UAVs to gather intelligence on the coastal enclave, which has been under a crippling Israeli siege since 2007.
The strip has been through three Israeli wars since 2008. Last summer, the Tel Aviv regime launched a 50-day military offensive against the besieged coastal sliver, killing 2,140 Palestinians, including 557 children.
The aggression also left 11,100 Palestinians wounded, including 3,374 children and 2,088 women, and displaced over 170,000 others.
Press TV/Al Ray reports that, according to media reports on Saturday, members of the Hamas military wing, Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, seized the aircraft after it fell in an area on the outskirts of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza.
Qassam Brigades officials have not made any comments on the report so far.
This is the second Israeli drone seized by Palestinian resistance fighters over the past two months. Back in July, Hamas announced that another drone came down in northern Gaza, adding that the movement’s fighters managed to rebuild the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
The Tel Aviv regime makes frequent use of UAVs to gather intelligence on the coastal enclave, which has been under a crippling Israeli siege since 2007.
The strip has been through three Israeli wars since 2008. Last summer, the Tel Aviv regime launched a 50-day military offensive against the besieged coastal sliver, killing 2,140 Palestinians, including 557 children.
The aggression also left 11,100 Palestinians wounded, including 3,374 children and 2,088 women, and displaced over 170,000 others.
19 sept 2015
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, on Friday, according to an Israeli army spokesperson.
The spokesperson told Ma'an News Agency that the rocket landed adjacent to an empty bus, causing moderate damage to the vehicle. No injuries were reported in the attack.
No group has taken responsibility for the rocket fire, but the Israeli government holds Hamas, as the elected ruling party, responsible for any activity within the enclave.
Earlier today, Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinians who had approached near the border fence north of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip.
Earlier this month, Israeli forces fired two rockets at an al-Qassam Brigades military site known as Falasteen, causing damages. However, no injuries were reported.
Israeli forces said the attack was in response to alleged sniper fire from the Gaza Strip, which hit a house in the Netiv Hatsra neighborhood, adjacent to the besieged territory, also causing no injuries.
Some sporadic rocket fire towards Israel from Gaza, in recent months, has been claimed by a small extremist groups in the strip allegedly aiming to challenge Hamas' rule.
Hamas has denied involvement in past attacks, and has attempted to vamp down on armed activity by smaller political groups reportedly growing more active.
Last month, Israeli forces injured four Palestinians during a bombing near Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
The airstrikes were in response to alleged rocket fire from Gaza, which caused no damage or injuries.
The four people injured were the first injuries reported from airstrikes in the Gaza Strip since Israel's 2014 offensive in which more than 2,200 people were killed and many more wounded in the 139 square mile strip.
Over 35,000 meters of water and sewage pipelines were damaged or destroyed during the 2014 offensive, leaving 120,000 Gazans without access to the water network.
At least 11 schools and universities were totally destroyed, with 253 severely damaged, as well as over 81 hospitals and clinics which were also damaged or destroyed.
IDF strikes in Gaza after rocket fire
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The spokesperson told Ma'an News Agency that the rocket landed adjacent to an empty bus, causing moderate damage to the vehicle. No injuries were reported in the attack.
No group has taken responsibility for the rocket fire, but the Israeli government holds Hamas, as the elected ruling party, responsible for any activity within the enclave.
Earlier today, Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinians who had approached near the border fence north of Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip.
Earlier this month, Israeli forces fired two rockets at an al-Qassam Brigades military site known as Falasteen, causing damages. However, no injuries were reported.
Israeli forces said the attack was in response to alleged sniper fire from the Gaza Strip, which hit a house in the Netiv Hatsra neighborhood, adjacent to the besieged territory, also causing no injuries.
Some sporadic rocket fire towards Israel from Gaza, in recent months, has been claimed by a small extremist groups in the strip allegedly aiming to challenge Hamas' rule.
Hamas has denied involvement in past attacks, and has attempted to vamp down on armed activity by smaller political groups reportedly growing more active.
Last month, Israeli forces injured four Palestinians during a bombing near Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.
The airstrikes were in response to alleged rocket fire from Gaza, which caused no damage or injuries.
The four people injured were the first injuries reported from airstrikes in the Gaza Strip since Israel's 2014 offensive in which more than 2,200 people were killed and many more wounded in the 139 square mile strip.
Over 35,000 meters of water and sewage pipelines were damaged or destroyed during the 2014 offensive, leaving 120,000 Gazans without access to the water network.
At least 11 schools and universities were totally destroyed, with 253 severely damaged, as well as over 81 hospitals and clinics which were also damaged or destroyed.
IDF strikes in Gaza after rocket fire
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The Israel Air Force strikes three terror targets in northern Gaza overnight after the Iron Dome system intercepted an Ashkelon-bound rocket, and another rocket landed in Sderot, causing damage to a house and bus.
The IAF struck three terror targets in northern Gaza overnight as a direct response to the rocket fire emanating from the territory last night. Two rockets were fired from Gaza, with one being intercepted by the Iron Dome system which was recently deployed to south on the backdrop of tensions over Jerusalem.
One rocket fired from Gaza fell in an open area inside the city of Sderot in a residential area, damaging a bus and a home Friday night before a second round of code red sirens was heard in the south, this time in the city of Ashkelon.
One rocket were shot down over Ashkelon just after 11:30pm by Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system for the first time since Operation Protective Edge in 2014, just three hours after the rocket strike on Sderot.
Local residents in Sderot reported hearing the exposion from the rocket before hearing the cooresponding code red sirens that are supposed to give warning of projectile attacks.
A family was inside the home that was damaged, but were unharmed. No injuries were reported, but an unconfirmed number of individuals were said to be suffering from shock at the scene.
The city of Sderot released a statement calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to react swiftly and aggressively.
The rocket strike comes after a day of clashes in Jerusalem, centered around the Temple Mount.
No claim of responsibility for the rocket attacks has yet emerged.
An Iron Dome battery was recently deployed to Ashdod as a precaution preparing for rocket fire from Gaza.
Code red sirens were last heard in the south on September 1 during a failed attempt to launch a rocket from the Gaza Strip.
Israeli aircraft struck Gaza on August 27 in reaction to a rocket that was fired from the strip and landed in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council.
The IAF struck three terror targets in northern Gaza overnight as a direct response to the rocket fire emanating from the territory last night. Two rockets were fired from Gaza, with one being intercepted by the Iron Dome system which was recently deployed to south on the backdrop of tensions over Jerusalem.
One rocket fired from Gaza fell in an open area inside the city of Sderot in a residential area, damaging a bus and a home Friday night before a second round of code red sirens was heard in the south, this time in the city of Ashkelon.
One rocket were shot down over Ashkelon just after 11:30pm by Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system for the first time since Operation Protective Edge in 2014, just three hours after the rocket strike on Sderot.
Local residents in Sderot reported hearing the exposion from the rocket before hearing the cooresponding code red sirens that are supposed to give warning of projectile attacks.
A family was inside the home that was damaged, but were unharmed. No injuries were reported, but an unconfirmed number of individuals were said to be suffering from shock at the scene.
The city of Sderot released a statement calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to react swiftly and aggressively.
The rocket strike comes after a day of clashes in Jerusalem, centered around the Temple Mount.
No claim of responsibility for the rocket attacks has yet emerged.
An Iron Dome battery was recently deployed to Ashdod as a precaution preparing for rocket fire from Gaza.
Code red sirens were last heard in the south on September 1 during a failed attempt to launch a rocket from the Gaza Strip.
Israeli aircraft struck Gaza on August 27 in reaction to a rocket that was fired from the strip and landed in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council.
15 sept 2015
Israeli forces shot and injured a member of Hamas' military wing in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Palestinian sources said. They said that the Palestinian, a member of al-Qassam Brigades, was injured when Israeli forces targeted a jeep belonging to the military wing east of Khan Younis.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said that Israeli troops were on "routine security patrol" when they "heard gunshots in close proximity."
She said that the soldiers "responded with warning shots."She did not confirm that anyone was hit, but said that the incident was still under review.
On Monday, the Israeli army said it had arrested five Palestinians after they crossed the border fence and entered Israeli territory. Through the day, the Israeli authorities closed the Kerem Shalom and Erez crossings with the Gaza Strip for the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah.
The day before, witnesses said that Israeli forces exchanged gunfire with Palestinians near the border, although they said that the Palestinians only opened fire after they were shot at. Israeli forces have repeatedly opened fire on Palestinians near the border since the ceasefire agreement signed Aug. 26, 2014 that ended a devastating 50-day Israeli military offensive against the Gaza Strip.
In July alone, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights counted 27 incidents of shootings, incursions into the territory, and arrests.This included 18 shootings on land and at sea that left nine Palestinians injured, PCHR reported.
An Israeli army spokeswoman said that Israeli troops were on "routine security patrol" when they "heard gunshots in close proximity."
She said that the soldiers "responded with warning shots."She did not confirm that anyone was hit, but said that the incident was still under review.
On Monday, the Israeli army said it had arrested five Palestinians after they crossed the border fence and entered Israeli territory. Through the day, the Israeli authorities closed the Kerem Shalom and Erez crossings with the Gaza Strip for the Jewish holiday of Rosh Hashanah.
The day before, witnesses said that Israeli forces exchanged gunfire with Palestinians near the border, although they said that the Palestinians only opened fire after they were shot at. Israeli forces have repeatedly opened fire on Palestinians near the border since the ceasefire agreement signed Aug. 26, 2014 that ended a devastating 50-day Israeli military offensive against the Gaza Strip.
In July alone, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights counted 27 incidents of shootings, incursions into the territory, and arrests.This included 18 shootings on land and at sea that left nine Palestinians injured, PCHR reported.
13 sept 2015
A group of Palestinian resistance fighters engaged in an exchange of fire with Israeli occupation forces (IOF) near the Gaza borders on Sunday morning.
Media and field sources told the PIC reporter that the clashes started after members of the so-called “Field Control” units were chasing two men while trying to infiltrate the borders into the Israeli side to the east of Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza.
They added that the resistance elements fired shots in the air to deter the two men but they kept running until they crossed the borders and IOF soldiers deployed in the area fired at the resistance fighters and summoned reinforcements.
No casualties were reported among the resistance fighters.
The IOF announced on Saturday that 14 people were arrested after crossing the borders into 1948 occupied Palestine.
Resistance units were trying to check the rising phenomenon fearing some of those citizens might be recruited as agents for the IOF.
The calm agreement signed in Cairo in August 2014 stipulated an end to all Israeli violations in Gaza including shooting at civilians and resistance fighters.
Media and field sources told the PIC reporter that the clashes started after members of the so-called “Field Control” units were chasing two men while trying to infiltrate the borders into the Israeli side to the east of Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza.
They added that the resistance elements fired shots in the air to deter the two men but they kept running until they crossed the borders and IOF soldiers deployed in the area fired at the resistance fighters and summoned reinforcements.
No casualties were reported among the resistance fighters.
The IOF announced on Saturday that 14 people were arrested after crossing the borders into 1948 occupied Palestine.
Resistance units were trying to check the rising phenomenon fearing some of those citizens might be recruited as agents for the IOF.
The calm agreement signed in Cairo in August 2014 stipulated an end to all Israeli violations in Gaza including shooting at civilians and resistance fighters.
3 sept 2015
The Israeli occupation army claimed that Israeli homes in Netiv Ha’asara settlement, south of the 1948 occupied lands, came under gunfire on Wednesday evening from the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli army radio said that bullets fired from Gaza hit walls and windows of three houses in the settlement, which forced the residents to take precautions and stay away from windows.
Consequently, military and security forces arrived at the scene and embarked on investigating the incident.
Initial military reports indicated that the gunshots were probably fired during a drill conducted by Hamas in a training post to the north of the Strip, describing them as "stray sniper bullets."
The Israeli army radio said that bullets fired from Gaza hit walls and windows of three houses in the settlement, which forced the residents to take precautions and stay away from windows.
Consequently, military and security forces arrived at the scene and embarked on investigating the incident.
Initial military reports indicated that the gunshots were probably fired during a drill conducted by Hamas in a training post to the north of the Strip, describing them as "stray sniper bullets."
27 aug 2015
Rockets being fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip during Operation Protective Edge in 2014
No injuries or damage reported in rocket fire on Eshkol Regional Council; IAF strikes Hamas weapons facility in central Gaza Strip.
Israeli aircraft targeted a weapons manufacturing facility in central Gaza Strip early Thursday morning in reaction to a rocket that was fired from the Palestinian enclave and landed in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council earlier in the night.
No injuries or damage was reported in the rocket fire and the results of Israel's retaliation were unclear. The IDF said that the targeted facility belonged to Hamas, the extremist Palestinian faction currently in control of the Strip.
The IDF also confirmed the rocket attack, adding that one projectile had landed near the border fence and that code red sirens meant to alert residents of incoming rocket fire were not triggered.
According to the IDF, code red sirens failed to sound because the rocket did not pose a threat to inhabited areas.
Residents reported hearing an explosion from the rocket just after midnight. Security forces spent the night searching the field for the projectile.
The last incident of rocket fire from Gaza occurred three weeks ago on August 7 when code red sirens also remained silent and one projectile landed inside Israel with another falling short, landing in Gaza.
Israeli aircraft also retaliated to this incident, attacking the Gaza Strip and wounding two Hamas militants, according to the organization.
Israeli aerial raid on blockaded Gaza targets Hamas site
The Israeli occupation military launched an airstrike on the central Gaza Strip at predawn time Thursday, claiming a rocket fired from Gaza Wednesday night landed in the Eshkol settlement council.
The Israeli occupation army said it struck a Hamas "weapons production facility" in the territory in response to a Palestinian rocket attack launched sometime earlier.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage on the Israeli side.
Local residents said no warning sirens had sounded prior to the explosion.
The Israeli missile attack has not been the only one of its kind as the occupation army has ceaselessly targeted the blockaded enclave with random airstrikes, flagrantly violating the Cairo-brokered ceasefire accord signed with Palestinian resistance factions in the wake of last summer’s offensive.
An Israeli military aggression last summer took away the lives of at least 2,200 Palestinians, mostly civilian women and children, and left thousands of others severely wounded.
No injuries or damage reported in rocket fire on Eshkol Regional Council; IAF strikes Hamas weapons facility in central Gaza Strip.
Israeli aircraft targeted a weapons manufacturing facility in central Gaza Strip early Thursday morning in reaction to a rocket that was fired from the Palestinian enclave and landed in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council earlier in the night.
No injuries or damage was reported in the rocket fire and the results of Israel's retaliation were unclear. The IDF said that the targeted facility belonged to Hamas, the extremist Palestinian faction currently in control of the Strip.
The IDF also confirmed the rocket attack, adding that one projectile had landed near the border fence and that code red sirens meant to alert residents of incoming rocket fire were not triggered.
According to the IDF, code red sirens failed to sound because the rocket did not pose a threat to inhabited areas.
Residents reported hearing an explosion from the rocket just after midnight. Security forces spent the night searching the field for the projectile.
The last incident of rocket fire from Gaza occurred three weeks ago on August 7 when code red sirens also remained silent and one projectile landed inside Israel with another falling short, landing in Gaza.
Israeli aircraft also retaliated to this incident, attacking the Gaza Strip and wounding two Hamas militants, according to the organization.
Israeli aerial raid on blockaded Gaza targets Hamas site
The Israeli occupation military launched an airstrike on the central Gaza Strip at predawn time Thursday, claiming a rocket fired from Gaza Wednesday night landed in the Eshkol settlement council.
The Israeli occupation army said it struck a Hamas "weapons production facility" in the territory in response to a Palestinian rocket attack launched sometime earlier.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage on the Israeli side.
Local residents said no warning sirens had sounded prior to the explosion.
The Israeli missile attack has not been the only one of its kind as the occupation army has ceaselessly targeted the blockaded enclave with random airstrikes, flagrantly violating the Cairo-brokered ceasefire accord signed with Palestinian resistance factions in the wake of last summer’s offensive.
An Israeli military aggression last summer took away the lives of at least 2,200 Palestinians, mostly civilian women and children, and left thousands of others severely wounded.
13 aug 2015
it, and now the drone is used by al-Qassam brigades in different security missions," its statement said. The Brigades also on Wednesday posted a video clip on its website showing the Israeli drone being dismantled, reassembled and restarted by one of its fighters.
7 aug 2015
A rocket previously launched in Israel
Code red sirens remain silent as mortar round lands less than one kilometer from border fence; second projectile apparently fired, landed inside Gaza.
A mortar round fired from Gaza Friday afternoon landed in Israeli territory north of Kissufim, just east of the Gaza Strip.
The projectile landed in an open area less than one kilometer from the Gaza border fence and no damage or injuries were reported.
At least one additional rocket fell inside Gazan territory.
On Thursday night, three rockets were fired at Israel, but exploded inside Gaza adjacent to the border fence in the central and northern strip.
An hour before the rocket fire, Gaza Division Commander Brigadier-general Itay Virov met with 52 lone soldiers at Kibbutz Magen. Virov told the soldiers that a year after Operation Protective Edge, the southern front is relatively quiet, even though the IDF deals with occasional attempts by elements within the Gaza Strip to disturb the peace through sporadic rocket fire.
Code red sirens were not triggered by the launch and IDF forces arrived in the area to try to find the mortar.
Residents said they heard neither the rocket or code red sirens.
Code red sirens remain silent as mortar round lands less than one kilometer from border fence; second projectile apparently fired, landed inside Gaza.
A mortar round fired from Gaza Friday afternoon landed in Israeli territory north of Kissufim, just east of the Gaza Strip.
The projectile landed in an open area less than one kilometer from the Gaza border fence and no damage or injuries were reported.
At least one additional rocket fell inside Gazan territory.
On Thursday night, three rockets were fired at Israel, but exploded inside Gaza adjacent to the border fence in the central and northern strip.
An hour before the rocket fire, Gaza Division Commander Brigadier-general Itay Virov met with 52 lone soldiers at Kibbutz Magen. Virov told the soldiers that a year after Operation Protective Edge, the southern front is relatively quiet, even though the IDF deals with occasional attempts by elements within the Gaza Strip to disturb the peace through sporadic rocket fire.
Code red sirens were not triggered by the launch and IDF forces arrived in the area to try to find the mortar.
Residents said they heard neither the rocket or code red sirens.
6 aug 2015
Senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahhar has warned that the ceasefire that took effect following Israel's last war on the Gaza Strip could not survive if the blockade on its impoverished population persisted.
Zahhar made his remarks during a graduation ceremony held for the young men participating in the summer training camps of al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas.
The Hamas official emphasized in a speech during the ceremony that the price for solidifying the fragile truce with the occupation is to end its blockade on Gaza.
He accused the Israeli occupation and the Palestinian Authority of being together responsible for delaying the reconstruction of the war-torn enclave.
Zahhar also hailed that the Palestinian resistance for teaching the Israeli occupation a lesson during al-Asef al-Makoul battle in 2014 about the impossibility of invading Gaza, and paid tribute to the Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem for their steadfastness in the face of the ongoing Jewish violations at the Aqsa Mosque.
Zahhar made his remarks during a graduation ceremony held for the young men participating in the summer training camps of al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas.
The Hamas official emphasized in a speech during the ceremony that the price for solidifying the fragile truce with the occupation is to end its blockade on Gaza.
He accused the Israeli occupation and the Palestinian Authority of being together responsible for delaying the reconstruction of the war-torn enclave.
Zahhar also hailed that the Palestinian resistance for teaching the Israeli occupation a lesson during al-Asef al-Makoul battle in 2014 about the impossibility of invading Gaza, and paid tribute to the Palestinians in occupied Jerusalem for their steadfastness in the face of the ongoing Jewish violations at the Aqsa Mosque.