The Israel Defense Forces attacked military installations belonging to the Hamas terrorist group in the Gaza Strip Wednesday night. The attack was carried out in response to the firing of rockets from the coastal enclave into Israeli territory on Thursday afternoon, one of which caused damage to a home in Netiv Haasara, a moshav.
The IDF attacked Hamas positions on Wednesday shortly after several rockets hit Israeli territory.
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Code Red sirens were sounded in Kibbutz Zikim and Moshav Mavki'im late on Wednesday evening in what the IDF Spokesperson's Unit called a false alarm. A 77-year-old woman was injured while running to a safe room.
Rocket sirens were heard around 1 p.m. in kibbutzim around the northern Gaza Strip, with several residents reporting hearing an explosion.
IDF officials said three launches were detected and that an Israeli tank fired on Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip shortly after the attack.
Earlier on Wednesday, Israeli aircraft attacked 15 Hamas targets in the Gaza Trip, including a tunnel used for potential attacks. The aerial attack was in response to a Hamas provocation on Tuesday that saw rockets fired toward Ashdod and Ashkelon while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was holding an election rally.
