BREAKING: A short while ago, three rockets were fired from Lebanon into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of northern Israel.
🚨 RIGHT NOW: Shortly after rockets were fired at northern Israel, a barrage of rockets was just fired at southern Israel.
WATCH as a Hamas rocket aimed at Israel misfires and falls back into Gaza. But this isn't the 1st time—Hamas misfired 350 rockets in the last 3 days. These rockets result in the deaths of innocent Gazan civilians. It's time for the world to hold Hamas accountable.
IDF air and ground troops are currently attacking in the Gaza Strip.
1/ Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening:
The target: The Hamas ‘Metro’ tunnel system in Gaza. The operation: 160 aircraft, tanks, artillery and infantry units along the border. We struck 150 targets and damaged many kilometers of the Hamas ‘Metro’ network.
The Iron Dome Aerial Defense System just intercepted a Hamas UAV that crossed from Gaza into Israel.
Our jets and aircraft just struck a number of Hamas launch sites and observation posts in Gaza.
A Hamas terror squad was about to launch more rockets from Gaza into Israel. We stopped them before they could.
On May 14, 1948 73 years ago Israel declared independence and was attacked by 6 foreign armies. We won that battle. And we will continue to win.
BREAKING: A short while ago, IDF tanks fired warning shots toward a number of rioters who crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory. The suspects sabotaged the fence and set a fire in the area before returning to Lebanese territory.
🚨Sirens sounding in the city of Beersheba🚨
There’s only one right answer.
We tried to tweet about sirens sounding in Beersheba but Twitter wouldn’t let us. We know it’s repetitive—but that’s the reality for Israelis all over the country.
BREAKING: 3 rockets were just fired from Syria toward Israel, 1 of which fell in Syria.
We just stopped another Hamas attempt to fire toward Israel. Our aircraft & Maglan unit struck and neutralized an Anti-Tank Missile squad, 2 Anti-Tank Missile launch sites & a surface-to-surface rocket launch site belonging to Hamas in Gaza.
Our aircraft just neutralized an Islamic Jihad Anti-Tank Missile operative in Gaza.
A short while ago, during a violent riot adjacent to the city of Nablus, our soldiers spotted an assailant armed with a knife approaching them. The assailant was neutralized. No IDF injuries were reported.