1926
Hamas announced that it will fire rockets at Tel Aviv at midnight.
The threat to target a city—to terrorize a population—is itself a violation of international law. If Hamas carries out its threat, it will be violating international law again by targeting civilians.
1927
A short while ago, a Palestinian vehicle broke through a military checkpoint and attempted to run over IDF soldiers southwest of Hebron. An IDF soldier at the scene operated to stop the vehicle according to standard procedures by firing toward it.
1928
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🚨 Sirens sounding in 🚨
🚨 Tel Aviv 🚨
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1929
After threatening to fire rockets at Tel Aviv, Hamas has fired a heavy barrage of rockets from Gaza into central & southern Israel.
Men, women, children, and the elderly are currently in shelters, protecting themselves from rockets aimed at them.
1930
Take a look at our Iron Dome in action.
Hamas fired a barrage of rockets into central & southern Israel tonight. With our Iron Dome Aerial Defense System operators in action, these systems help keep Israel's skies safe.
1931
Yesterday, we targeted an important base of operations for Hamas' military intel in Al Jala Tower in Gaza.
The base gathered intel for attacks against Israel, manufactured weapons & positioned equipment to hamper IDF operations.
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1932
We warned civilians in the building about our strike out of concern for their safety & gave them enough time to safely evacuate.
Hamas & Islamic Jihad used this time to take items out of the building. We were willing to pay that price to not harm any civilians.
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1933
Hamas chooses to hide among civilians as it carries out attacks against Israel.
This choice does not grant Hamas terrorists immunity from IDF strikes.
We will continue to operate in order to defend the people of Israel.
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1934
Fighting a terrorist organization that operates within civilian areas isn’t easy. Watch as IDF pilots call off a strike because children were there:
1935
We struck military assets in Hamas' intelligence HQ in northern Gaza, significantly harming the terrorist organization's central infrastructure.
1936
This is the damage caused to an Israeli home by just ONE of the 2900 Hamas rockets fired from Gaza into Israel.
Israelis are under attack. We will continue to defend them.
1937
🚨RIGHT NOW: A barrage of rockets is being fired from Gaza into southern Israel.
1938
A short while ago, we struck a warehouse containing weapons, located in the house of a Hamas operative in central Gaza, and a Hamas naval weapons warehouse in southern Gaza.
1939
🚨Sirens sounding in the city of Beersheba🚨
1940
Will the @UN remember today that if they lived in Israel, 70% of their friends and family would be running to bomb shelters too?
1941
In response to the continuing rocket attacks from Gaza at Israel, we struck the entrance of a Hamas tunnel containing military equipment, as well as Hamas Internal Security's offices in Gaza.
1942
Hamas and PIJ have fired 2968 rockets at Israel in the past week. 439 of those rockets misfired and crashed into Gaza, causing around 20 Palestinian casualties.
That's 15% of their launches.
Think of it this way: About 1 in 7 rockets that Hamas fires—it fires at its own people.
1943
Hamas and Islamic Jihad have fired 3,100 rockets from Gaza in the past 7 days. That's the highest daily rate of rocket fire that Israel has faced in the history of the country.
The threat is real. Millions of Israelis are living under fire. We will continue to defend ourselves.
1944
As Israeli families gather to celebrate the festival of Shavuot, terrorists in Gaza continue to fire rockets toward them in southern Israel.
We will defend our people.
1945
Our fighter jets are currently striking terror targets in Gaza.
1946
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Hamas deliberately hides military targets in residential buildings and civilian areas.
When we plan a target, we dedicate resources to minimize civilian harm. These measures depend on feasibility, available resources, time & available information.
1947
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Depending on the target, some measures include:
▪️planning the angle & time of the attack
▪️operational analysis of expected civilian harm
▪️advanced warning
▪️roof knocking
Hamas endangers its own civilians; we aim to minimize harm to all civilians.
1948
🚨 RIGHT NOW: Sirens sounding in southern Israel 🚨
1949
What’s 9.3 miles (15 km)?
163 football fields
46 Eiffel Towers
34 Empire State Buildings
18 Burj Khalifas
Nearly 2 Mt. Everests
Our fighter jets neutralized 9.3 miles of the Hamas 'Metro' terror tunnel system overnight.
That's 9.3 miles that can no longer be used for terror.
1950
In response to non-stop rocket fire on Israeli civilians, the IDF launched Operation Guardian of the Walls one week ago. Here's what's happened so far:
Official IDF Twitter account. We tweet real-time information and updates in 7 languages—choose yours: bit.ly/twitteridf