Two volleys of 10 Palestinian rockets were launched against Israel on Friday night, Nov. 1, from the Gaza Strip. Iron Dome downed seven. One struck a house in Sderot causing heavy damage. A woman of 64 was injured. The other two rockets exploded on open ground. Red Cod alerts sounded in Sderot and the Shaar Henegev Region Council.
Terrorist violence is again escalating on the Gaza front. The rocket barrage came barely an hour after the Friday weekly Palestinian mob riots took place on the Gaza-Israel border. This week, some 3,500 rioters hurled the usual explosive devices, grenades and rocks at the Israeli soldiers defending the border. Several military vehicles caught fire. The soldiers used crowd dispersal measures to break up the mob.
Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza Strip fired 10 rockets into Israel in two separate barrages on Friday night, the army said. One missile slammed into a house in the town of Sderot, while the Iron Dome system intercepted 8 other rockets.
A 65-year-old woman was lightly hurt when she fell while running toward a shelter, medics said. One woman was treated on site for anxiety.
The attack was one of the largest in recent months and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is also defense minister, was in contact with IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi and coordinating a response, officials said.
Warning sirens had gone off in the town of Sderot and in other Israeli communities along the Gaza border as many families were eating Friday night Shabbat dinner.
This family home in southern Israel was just hit by a rocket fired from Gaza.So far: 10 rockets have been fired from Gaza at Israeli civilians. 8 of those rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome System. pic.twitter.com/eTvhuTK2BE— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) November 1, 2019
The IDF said 7 rockets were fired in that barrage, all of which were intercepted by the Iron Dome system.
About an hour later another three rockets were fired into Israel and Iron Dome intercepted one. One of the rockets hit the home causing serious damage but no injuries.
The last rocket apparently fell in an open area.
Immediately after the first salvo was fired an IDF tank shelled a Hamas observation post in Gaza, Palestinian and Hebrew-language media reported.
RAW FOOTAGE: The moment the Iron Dome Aerial Defense System intercepted 7 rockets fired from #Gaza at #Israel. pic.twitter.com/jxOTpbeHhT— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) November 1, 2019
Yaron Sasson, a spokesman for the Sderot municipality, said there had been no warnings ahead of time.
“This was a complete surprise after a few months of quiet,” he told Israel Radio. “But again we have residents running for bomb shelters during the Friday night Shabbat meal,” he said.
Sasson recommended residents remain close to bomb shelters and said emergency workers were carrying out searches to make sure there were no casualties.
The IDF said a tank and fighter jets subsequently launched retaliatory strikes on two posts in the northern Strip belonging to the Hamas terror group, which rules Gaza.
The Gaza-based Shehab news agency reported that Israeli security forces had fired at a jeep belonging to operatives in the border area, near Beit Lahia.
On Tuesday, Israeli fighter jets shot down a drone that was flying at an “irregular altitude” over Gaza, the IDF said.
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