The Times of Israel is liveblogging Sunday’s events as they unfold.
Netanya opening public bomb shelters amid fears of worsening Gaza violence
The city of Netanya, a coastal city around 30 minutes north of Tel Aviv, opens its public bomb shelters as a precaution for residents amid the wave of rocket fire into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip.
The decision is made by the municipality, not the the IDF’s Homefront Command.
Earlier, Channel 12 news said Israeli defense officials are worried the latest round of fighting with armed terrorist groups in Gaza, will spread to the north of the country.
Defense officials said worried Gaza flare-up will spread to Tel Aviv, north
Israel’s defense establishment is reportedly concerned the flare-up with armed terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip will spread to the northern border.
According to Channel 12 news, defense officials are concerned that Lebanon’s Hezbollah might join the fighting by launching an attack.
The officials are quoted as saying that Hamas is likely to expand its rocket attacks to the central Tel Aviv area if the conflict continues.
Air Force says 600 projectiles fired at Israel from Gaza in 24 hours
Since Saturday morning, more than 600 projectiles were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip, a senior Israel Air Force officer says.
The officer says that 200 of the projectiles were launched at civilian areas, according to Hebrew-language news sites.
Incoming rocket sirens blare in southern Israeli communities
A fresh round of rocket sirens sound in the communities of Sa’ad, Kfar Azza and Mefalsim as a barrage is fired toward southern Israel from the Gaza Strip.
There are no immediate reports of injuries.
IDF says airstrike in southern Gaza targeting terrorist positions
The IDF says one of its aircraft fired at a terrorist operative in the southern Gaza Strip.
There are no immediate Palestinian reports of injuries.
Rocket sirens sound in Ashkelon area
Rocket alert sirens sound in the city of Ashkelon and communities south of it as terror groups in the Strip launch a fresh barrage of rockets toward Israel.
There are no immediate reports of injuries in the attack.
IDF says fresh airstrikes targeting terror cell in northern Gaza
The Israeli military says one of its aircraft bombed a number of terrorist operatives in the northern Gaza Strip a short time ago.
Earlier, the Security Cabinet instructed the IDF to intensify strikes on Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets in the Palestinian enclave in response to the hundreds of rockets that were fired at Israel since yesterday.
Israel says latest Gaza strike killed Hamas’s chief Iran liaison
The IDF confirms conducting a targeted killing of a Hamas field commander, saying he was responsible for receiving money for the group from Israel’s enemy, Iran.
The Hamas commander is identified as Hamed Hamdan al-Khodari.
According to the IDF, al-Khodari owned a number of money exchanges in the Gaza Strip and used them to bring in large amounts of cash into the coastal enclave for Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and other terror groups.
“Al-Khodari’s financial activities… significantly contributed to advancing terrorist activities and militarily strengthening terror groups in the Gaza Strip,” the army says.
The IDF says the assassination of al-Khodari is meant to thwart Iran’s efforts to support terror attacks from the Gaza Strip.
Commander with ties to Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar said killed in Israeli strike
One of those killed in the strike is identified by Palestinian media as Hamed Hamdan al-Khodari, who is said to be a Hamas field commander connected to Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar.
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