🚨 RIGHT NOW: Air-raid sirens sounding in Tel Aviv.
Islamic Jihad in #Gaza are firing rockets indiscriminately at civilians across #Israel. We will defend them.
The barrage of rockets being fired by Islamic Jihad in #Gaza at Israeli civilians after our surgical strike on their commander shows exactly why he was targeted in the first place. Terror targets civilians. We target terror. #JiHadEnough
WATCH: Israel's Iron Dome in action as it intercepts rockets above central Israel. Approx. 20 out of the 50 rockets fired by Islamic Jihad from #Gaza at Israeli civilians have been intercepted.
Islamic Jihad has killed thousands of civilians around the world & today they are once again targeting Israeli civilians with rockets. Like this one that hit an Israeli highway during rush hour this morning:
Islamic Jihad is a terror group in Gaza. Its stated goal is the annihilation of Israel. Today they fired dozens of rockets into Israel. We watched as 2 Islamic Jihad operatives prepared to fire more rockets. We targeted them before they could target us. #JiHadEnough
Our fighter jets have begun striking Islamic Jihad terror targets in Gaza. #JiHadEnough
🚨RIGHT NOW: More rockets being fired from Gaza at Israeli civilians🚨
OPERATIONAL RECAP: 🔺4:00am - IDF conducts surgical strike of Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza, Baha Abu Al Ata 🔺5:51am - Islamic Jihad in Gaza begins intense rocket fire at Israel 🔺7:59am - Rocket fire at Tel Aviv
🔺 11:01am - IDF targets 2 Islamic Jihad operatives preparing to launch rockets at Israel 🔺 12:11pm - IDF fighter jets strike Islamic Jihad terror targets in Gaza 🔺 12:22pm - More rockets fired at Israel
LTG Aviv Kohavi, IDF Chief of General Staff: "Baha Abu Al Ata was the senior commander of Islamic Jihad in Gaza, responsible for most attacks emanating from Gaza over the last year...he was a ticking time-bomb...there was a window of opportunity that we utilized precisely."
A number of Islamic Jihad terrorists were preparing to launch more rockets from Gaza toward Israeli civilians. We targeted them before they could.
Islamic Jihad in Gaza aims to kill Israeli civilians. We. Will. Stop. Them. #JiHadEnough
🚨Air-raid sirens sounding across southern Israel🚨
When terrorists fire rockets from #Gaza at Israeli civilians, they do so indiscriminately. What IDF fighter jets are about to do against Islamic Jihad in Gaza, is not.
Islamic Jihad continues to fire rockets at Israeli homes. Our tanks just targeted Islamic Jihad terror targets in #Gaza. Terror targets civilians. We target terror.
🔺2:50pm - Dozens more rockets fired from Gaza at Israel. IDF strikes Islamic Jihad terror targets in Gaza including: • training compounds • underground weapon manufacturing sites • weapon storage facilities 🔺4:00pm - IDF strikes additional Islamic Jihad targets.
The Israeli Air Force just struck the opening of an Islamic Jihad underground terror tunnel in #Gaza. They planned to use it to attack Israeli civilians. Above and below ground, we will continue to defend Israeli civilians.
Since approx. 5:00am, Islamic Jihad in Gaza have been firing rockets at Israeli civilians. Continuously. The time is now 5:00pm. That's 12 hours of rocket attacks.
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.
🚨NOW: More rockets fired at #Israel from #Gaza 🚨
IDF soldiers helped evacuate the children's ward of the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon today after rockets were fired at it by Islamic Jihad in Gaza. Children are NOT targets. Hospitals are NOT targets. Civilians are NOT targets. ...the terrorists who target them, are.
The past 14 hours in Israel:
This is what's been happening in Israel today:
The Israeli Air Force just targeted 3 Islamic Jihad terrorists who fired rockets from #Gaza at Israeli civilians earlier today. Terror target civilians. Israel targets terror.