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Israel Strikes 100 Targets in Gaza in Response to Hamas Rocket Attacks on Tel Aviv

(Jerusalem Post) Anna Ahronheim - IDF aircraft struck over 100 targets across Gaza after two rockets were fired towards central Israel by Hamas. The targets included the headquarters responsible for the planning and execution of terror attacks in the West Bank, an underground complex that served as Hamas' main rocket-manufacturing site, and a military training site that served the group's drone program. Several underground infrastructures and military compounds were also struck, including naval sites. Palestinian media in Gaza said that Israeli naval vessels took part in the strikes. During the airstrikes, nine projectiles were launched at Israeli communities bordering Gaza, with six being intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system, and another fell inside Gaza. While shrapnel was discovered outside a school in the city of Sderot, there were no reports of injuries or damage. "There is a growing assumption that the Hamas rocket fire towards the Gush Dan [Tel Aviv] region was by mistake," the military said Friday, adding that while it appears that low-level Hamas militants are behind the rocket fire, the IDF sees the group as responsible for everything happening in Gaza.
2019-03-15 00:00:00
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