Additional IDF combat troops will reinforce the Judea and Samaria Division in accordance with our ongoing situational assessment. We remain prepared for any scenario.
Terrorists in Gaza fired a rocket toward Israel earlier tonight. In response, our aircraft just struck a Hamas military post in southern Gaza. Terror has consequences.
🚨 Sirens sounding in southern Israel 🚨
WATCH: Terrorists in Gaza just fired 2 rockets toward Israel. The Iron Dome Aerial Defense System intercepted 1 of them. No Israeli casualties reported. (Credit: Dadi Fold)
Terrorists in Gaza just fired 2 rockets toward Israel. The rockets exploded inside Gaza, endangering Palestinian civilians.
🛑 Hamas targets Israeli civilians. 🛑 We target terror. In response to the explosive arson balloons & 4 rockets fired from Gaza at Israel yesterday, IDF tanks just struck Hamas terror targets in Gaza.
RIGHT NOW: 🚨 Sirens are sounding in southern Israel 🚨
It's 7AM. 3 more rockets have been fired toward southern Israel, disrupting what should have been a typical morning. Parents are waking their children and rushing them to bomb shelters. The time for terror is not now, not ever.
A short while ago, a failed attempt to launch a rocket from the Gaza Strip was identified. The rocket exploded inside the Gaza Strip. Terror harms everyone.
On this day in the Hebrew calendar in 1967, IDF soldiers liberated the Old City of Jerusalem, reunifying the eternal capital of the Jewish People. We wish you a happy Jerusalem Day.
🚨 RED ALERT🚨 Sirens are sounding in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh
Minutes ago: An anti-tank missile was just fired from Gaza toward Israel.
🚨 A barrage of rockets is being fired toward southern Israel right now 🚨
As a result of the anti-tank missile fired from Gaza, an Israeli civilian in a nearby vehicle was lightly injured and evacuated to a hospital for further medical treatment.
After terrorists in Gaza fired a barrage of rockets at central and southern Israel over the past few hours, we just struck 3 Hamas terrorists in Gaza. We hold the Palestinian terror group Hamas in Gaza accountable for this serious aggression against us.
In response to the continuous rocket fire from the Gaza into Israel, we have now struck numerous Hamas terror targets in Gaza, including: 2 rocket launchers 2 military posts 8 Hamas terror operatives Terror targets civilians. We target terror.
INTERCEPTED: Terrorists recently fired another barrage of rockets from Gaza toward the Israeli city of Ashkelon. We intercepted the rockets with the Iron Dome Aerial Defense System, and are now striking Hamas terror targets.
Moments ago, our fighter jets struck an offensive Hamas terror tunnel in Gaza.
IDF International Spokesperson @LTCJonathan Conricus gives an update on the situation in Israel tonight:
This needs to be shared.
Since 6PM, terrorist groups in Gaza have been firing rockets at Israeli civilians. Non-stop. The time is now 4AM. That's 10 hours of rocket attacks.
🚨 As non-stop barrages of rockets continue to be fired toward southern Israel, an apartment building in Ashkelon was hit. 6 civilians were injured. Waking up to terror should NOT be a daily reality.
In response to 200+ rockets fired from Gaza toward Israel, we killed 15 Hamas terrorists and struck 130 Hamas & Islamic Jihad terror targets in Gaza overnight, incl.: 🎯2 attack tunnels 🎯A Hamas military intel facility 🎯Weapons manufacturing and storage sites
🚨RIGHT NOW: Sirens sounding in southern Israel🚨
We just struck a squad of Hamas terrorists operating anti-tank missiles in Gaza. The IDF will continue to operate against all terror activity.