Gaza-based terrorists fired a Grad missile at the southern Israeli city of Be’er Sheva early Sunday morning.
The missile exploded in an open area near the city and did not cause any physical injuries or damages. The city has announced that schools will be closed on Sunday because of the attack.
Overnight Saturday, IAF aircraft struck terrorists in Gaza, the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit announced.
According to the announcement, the terrorists were making final preparations to launch a rocket into southern Israel. Direct hits at the target were scored, and secondary explosions were heard, said the IDF.
Sources in the Palestinian Authority told AFP that the strike took place in the southern town of Khan Younes and killed a terrorist with Hamas’ Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
The Israeli airstrike came shortly after two Qassam rockets fired from Gaza exploded in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council.There were, miraculously, no physical injuries and no damage to property.
Rocket attacks at southern Israel are ongoing, but an escalation in attacks was recorded this week as Gaza-based terrorists fired more than 80 rockets between Wednesday morning and Wednesday afternoon.
Three people were wounded, two of them seriously, and three homes were hit in the morning rocket barrage.
On Wednesday night it was reported that an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire had been reached between Gaza’s Hamas rulers and Israel. That ceasefire, however, was broken after several hours, when terrorists fired a mortar shell at the Eshkol Regional Council.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned Gaza terrorists on Wednesday that if the rocket and mortar attacks on southern Israel do not stop, “deeper activity” in the region lies ahead.
“We did not start this recent escalation,” the prime minister pointed out, “but if it continues, we are prepared to go ahead with much wider and deeper military operations,” he said.
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