Israel said warning residents of upscale Gaza City neighborhood to leave their homes
Residents of Gaza City’s upscale al-Rimal neighborhood are being warned by Israel to leave their homes, Al Jazeera reports, ahead of possible Israeli strikes.
All residents of Eshkol region told to enter bomb shelters amid heavy rocket barrage
The Eshkol Regional Council instructs all residents of communities under its jurisdiction to enter bomb shelters until instructed otherwise, as Palestinian terrorists in Gaza continue to fire barrages of rockets at southern Israel.
Gantz: Israel not looking for escalation in West Bank, but ‘ready for any scenario’
Defense Minister Benny Gantz says Israel is not seeking an intensification of clashes in the West Bank, a day after at least nine Palestinians were reported killed by Israeli fire during violent riots.
“Alongside the fighting in the Gaza Strip, we are also seeing an escalation in other [military] sectors, among them Judea and Samaria,” Gantz says after holding an assessment with top security officials at IDF Central Command, using the biblical name for the West Bank.
Ambulance service says it has treated 46 Israelis since midnight amid Gaza rockets
The Magen David Adom ambulance service says it has provided medical service to 46 people hurt since midnight, including seven wounded by shrapnel from rockets fired by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza — one of whom was killed.
MDA says 33 of those were hurt while running to bomb shelters; another 24 people have been treated for shock.
The man in Ramat Gan who died was the 10th person in Israel to be killed since the fighting in Gaza erupted Monday evening.
IDF: Gaza tower housed Hamas ‘military assets,’ terror group used press as ‘human shields’
The Israel Defense Forces says the high-rise building in Gaza that it just destroyed — where several leading international media outlets had offices — housed “military assets” used by the military intelligence wing of the Strip’s Hamas rulers.
The IDF accuses Hamas of “hiding behind” the offices of the press outlets in the Al Jalaa tower and “using them as human shields.”
“The Hamas terror group intentionally locates its military assets in the hearts of civil populations in the Gaza Strip,” it says in a statement.
Austrian envoy says Gaza rocket struck near embassy in Ramat Gan
Austria’s envoy to Israel says a rocket fired by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza landed near the Austrian embassy in Ramat Gan.
“Luckily we‘re all safe. This has to stop immediately!” Ambassador Hannah Liko tweets.
Yesterday, Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz flew an Israel flag at the chancellory building in Vienna in solidarity with Israel during the current hostilities in Gaza.
Hamas threatens to fire rockets at central Israel after Gaza tower destroyed
Abu Obeida, the spokesman of Hamas’s military wing, threatens to target central Israel after the IDF destroys the Al Jalaa tower in Gaza.
“After the bombing of the civilian tower in Gaza, residents of Tel Aviv and the center must be on standby,” the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades’ spokesman says.
After warning occupants, IDF destroys Gaza tower used by AP, Al Jazeera, others
The Israel Defense Forces destroyed the Al Jalaa tower in Gaza. The building houses several media outlets in Gaza, including The Associated Press and Al Jazeera.
The military earlier called occupants and told them the building would be bombed within an hour. It also sent a “roof-knocking” missile that does not cause serious damage as a warning to leave.
In addition to its civilian occupants, Channel 12 news’ military reporter speculates that “buildings such as this” include “cyber centers, weapons stores and various communications hubs” used by Gaza’s terror groups.
Arab celebrations at scene of rocket strike in Taibe: ‘Redeem Al-Aqsa!’
Celebrations are seen at the scene of a rocket strike in Taibe.
Some residents of the Arab town have gathered and are calling out: “With spirit, with blood, we’ll redeem Al-Aqsa!”
This is in reference to Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque, tensions surrounding which were the spark that set off the past week of violence.
Several rockets said to explode near Palestinian West Bank towns
Ynet is reporting that several rockets froed from Gaza earlier exploded near Palestinian towns in the West Bank, including Ramallah and Tulkarm.
Exact numbers and locations are not currently known.
Video shows beachgoers flee as rocket sirens sounded in Tel Aviv
Footage has emerged of people fleeing the beach in Tel Aviv as sirens sounded in the city earlier
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