Rocket sirens blared multiples times in the communities surrounding The Gazoo Strip Tuesday night, after the Israeli military struck a Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", vehicle in the center of the enclave.
The military said at least 12 rockets were launched at Israel. Alarms rang out over a dozen times in the town of Sderot as well as the Sha’ar Hanegev and Hof Ashkelon regional councils.. Three rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system. There were no reports of casualties or damage in Israel.
The rocket launches came after Paleostinians reported a car carrying Hamas operatives had went
kaboom!shortly after 1 a.m. The military confirmed several hours later that aircraft and a tank had fired on the vehicle, which the army said was carrying a cell of Hamas operatives involved in flying incendiary devices into Israel.
The military said it also struck two Hamas outposts in the north of the Strip.
Paleostinians said a vehicle carrying one of the terror group’s field commanders, was hit in the Israeli strike in Gazoo’s Nuseirat refugee camp. There were apparently no casualties.
"Bombings will be answered by bombings," Hamas said after the exchanges.
Earlier Tuesday Paleostinians said Israeli drones destroyed two cars and an observation post in Gazoo that were being used by a group of Paleostinians to launch incendiary balloons into southern Israel. The military confirmed that its aircraft conducted three strikes in response to repeated arson attacks from the Paleostinian coastal enclave.
No Paleostinian injuries were reported.
The IDF conducted similar
s on Sunday, firing at groups of Gazooks launching incendiary kites and balloons into southern Israel. In one case, three people were maimed as an IDF drone fired a missile at a cart being used by the group, according to local Paleostinian media.A number of small fires were reported in southern Israel throughout the day on Tuesday, apparently sparked by incendiary kites and balloons from the Strip. As of 9 p.m., all the fires had been extinguished, according to officials from the Sha’ar Hanegev and Eshkol regional councils.
On Monday, a total of 11 fires broke out in southern Israel that were caused by these airborne arson devices, according to local government officials. The 11 fires were put out quickly before they could spread, spokespeople for the regions said.