Today is Shoham's 6th birthday. Instead of celebrating his birthday with friends, Shoham spent the last 12 hours in a bomb shelter while Islamic Jihad fired dozens of rockets at #Israel from #Gaza. We‘ll continue to defend Shoham & all the people of Israel from terror.
RAW FOOTAGE: The moment the Iron Dome Aerial Defense System intercepted 7 rockets fired from #Gaza at #Israel.
This is the moment when four terrorists attempted to plant explosives near the security fence between #Israel and #Syria last night... ...and the moment we stopped them. We will continue to defend Israel's borders from all enemy threats.
Terrorists in #Gaza fired one rocket into #Israel last night. In response, our tanks targeted Hamas military posts in Gaza. We won’t let Hamas terrorize Israeli civilians.
What's better than intercepting a rocket? Stopping it from being fired in the first place. The Israeli Air Force just attacked a squad of Islamic Jihad terrorists trying to fire more rockets from the northern #Gaza Strip at #Israel.
RAW FOOTAGE: This is what it looks like when rockets are intercepted right above your home. 10-12 rockets were fired from #Gaza at #Israel, the Iron Dome aerial defense system intercepted several.
BREAKING: A rocket was just fired from #Gaza at #Israel. Thankfully, the rocket was intercepted by the Iron Dome Aerial Defense System.
Our fighter jets struck 15 terror targets in #Gaza in response to the rockets fired at #Israel earlier tonight. Our targets included: 🔴 A weapons manufacturing site 🔴 A Hamas terror tunnel We hold Hamas accountable.
Our soldiers just spotted an armed terrorist from #Gaza approaching the security fence with #Israel. An IDF aircraft targeted the terrorist. A hit was identified.
BREAKING: We have just launched Operation Northern Shield to expose and neutralize cross-border attack tunnels dug by Hezbollah from #Lebanon to #Israel. #NorthernShield
We struck Hamas’ military intelligence HQ in response to the 300+ rockets that terrorists in #Gaza fired at #Israel. This is where Hamas' intelligence operatives gathered information to launch attacks on Israelis. Hamas intentionally established their HQ next to a school.
Last night, our soldiers monitoring Israel's security fence with #Gaza identified this terrorist squad armed with rifles attempting to infiltrate into #Israel. In the time it takes to watch this video, our troops had already arrived at the scene in order to stop the terrorists.
We just struck Hamas targets in #Gaza, after a series of balloons with explosives attached to them were launched from Gaza into #Israel. We will continue operating against attempts to harm Israeli civilians.
Terrorists in #Gaza just fired 2 rockets at #Israel.
We just identified 3 terrorists who crossed the security fence from #Gaza into #Israel. After our soldiers arrived at the scene, the terrorists hurled an explosive device at them. In response, our soldiers opened fire at the terrorists. Hits were identified.
Terrorists just fired another 3 rockets into #Israel from #Gaza. The Iron Dome Aerial Defense System successfully intercepted all 3 rockets.
We just identified an armed terrorist from #Gaza approaching the security fence with #Israel. The terrorist hurled several grenades at IDF soldiers. The troops charged and stopped the terrorist.
We have started deploying highly-sophisticated technical infrastructure along Israel’s border with Lebanon. These sensors will identify and prevent underground construction of attack tunnels into #Israel by the Hezbollah terror organization in #Lebanon.
We identified an attempted sniper attack from #Syria toward the Golan Heights in northern #Israel. In response, our soldiers just targeted the vehicle involved in the attempted attack.
Congratulations to Israel's new coalition government. I look forward to building on our strong bilateral ties to develop even more opportunities for #Taiwan -#Israel cooperation. m.jpost.com/israel-news/po…
Islamic Jihad in #Gaza are firing rockets indiscriminately at civilians across #Israel. We will defend them.
Terrorists in #Gaza launched explosive balloons into #Israel throughout the day. In response, our aircraft just struck a Hamas observation post in Gaza.
In response to rockets and explosive balloons launched from #Gaza into #Israel over the last day, our Air Force just struck a number of Hamas targets in Gaza. We hold Hamas responsible.