A barrage of rockets was fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip as fighters from the blockaded Palestinian enclave infiltrated Israel, killing at the least one particular person, the military and medics mentioned.
Air raid sirens blared throughout southern and central Israel as the military urged folks to remain near bomb shelters.
The armed wing of the Palestinian group Hamas mentioned it was behind the airstrike, claiming its fighters had launched greater than 5,000 rockets.
The Israeli navy mentioned Hamas “fired rockets en masse” whereas on the similar time “terrorists infiltrated numerous completely different places on Israeli territory.”
In an announcement on Telegram, Hamas referred to as on “the resistance fighters within the West Financial institution” and “our Arab and Muslim nations” to affix the struggle.
Israel has imposed a crippling blockade on Gaza since 2007 after Hamas took energy.
Palestinian fighters and Israel have fought a number of devastating wars since then.
The newest violence follows a interval of heightened tensions in September, when Israel closed the border to Gaza employees for 2 weeks.
At the very least 247 Palestinians, 32 Israelis and two foreigners have been killed within the battle up to now this yr, together with fighters and civilians on either side, in keeping with Israeli and Palestinian officers.
The overwhelming majority of fatalities occurred within the West Financial institution, which has been illegally occupied by Israel for the reason that 1967 Arab-Israeli battle.
