Several hours after Palestinian terrorists fired a rocket toward Beersheba on Tuesday, in an apparent effort to disrupt Israel's election, IDF aircraft hit several Hamas military installations in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday morning. There were no reports of casualties.
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The rocket was fired from Gaza just as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was hitting the campaign trail in the city.
"Fighter jets and attack helicopters targeted a rocket manufacturing facility and a military outpost belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip. The attack was carried out in response to the rocket fire from Gaza into Israeli territory," the IDF Spokesperson's Unit said in a statement.
The army added that it holds Hamas responsible for what happens in Gaza and that it would "bear the consequences of terrorist acts against Israeli citizens."
The IDF earlier said that the projectile's trajectory was not aimed at a residential area but rather an open space, and thus no specific alert to take shelter was issued.
Despite this, Netanyahu's security detail made sure to take him to a secure area as soon as the IDF identified the rocket.
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