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| Two killed in Lod in overnight rocket barrage, IDF retaliating in Gaza | ||
| 2021-05-12 | ||
Two Israelis, a man in his 40s and a seven-year-old girl, were killed after a rocket scored a direct hit on a car in Lod early Wednesday morning in a fresh barrage launched by terrorists in the Gaza Strip toward the center of Israel. The rocket struck Lod as the mixed Jewish-Arab city was shaken by violent riots throughout the night
More rockets pounded Israel throughout Tuesday night into Wednesday morning with sirens sounding throughout the center of the country and particularly in the South, including Tel Aviv and Beersheba. The IDF continued its airstrikes on various terror targets in the Gaza Strip throughout the night, including against a multi-story residential building in Gaza which the military said was home to the terror group's intelligence, public relations and Gaza brigade units. Civilians present were warned to evacuate before the bombing. Other strikes targeted what the military said were rocket launch sites and Hamas offices. Palestinians in Gaza claimed that at least 35 have been killed since the fighting began. It was the heaviest offensive between Israel and Hamas since the 2014 war in Gaza, and prompted international concern that the situation could spiral out of control. In another attack, the IDF struck two Hamas operatives responsible for some of the recent rocket launches into Israel: Hassan Kaogi, the head of Hamas' military intelligence security wing, as well as his second-in-command, Wail Issa, the head of Hamas' intelligence counterintelligence wing. Additionally, the IDF eliminated more senior Hamas officials, including Bassam Issa, the Gaza Brigade commander, Rafa Salama, the Khan Younis Brigade commander and Mohammed Yazouri, the Hamas intelligence commander. The Iron Dome was activated early Wednesday morning in the city of Dimona, home to Israel's nuclear reactor, to intercept a rocket heading for the city. On Tuesday night, sirens sounded throughout the center of the country in what officials said was the largest rocket barrage against Tel Aviv in its history. The rockets set off sirens in Herzliya, Ra’anana and the Sharon region. The barrage came after Israel bombed a 13-story building in Gaza. The Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, claimed responsibility on Wednesday morning for over 100 rockets fired at Tel Aviv and 100 rockets fired at Beersheba. Some 1,000 rockets have been fired into Israel since the beginning of the hostilities on Monday. The barrage came hours after Hamas warned Israel that it would fire missiles into Tel Aviv if the IDF continued to strike buildings in the Gaza Strip. Another rocket struck a bus in Holon, just south of Tel Aviv. Four people were injured in Holon including the driver of the bus who was critically injured. Another three people were in moderate condition after being injured in the attack, including a five-year-old child. Now, IDF is going to pound Gaza until "humanitarians" start screaming. IDF will stop, and Hamas will proclaim victory. | ||
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