Palestinian media outlets report that at least one person is seriously hurt following an Israeli airstrike against a Hamas site in the Gaza Strip.
The Hamas-run health ministry has yet to confirm the reports.
According to Palestinian media, a civilian was wounded after Israeli jets struck a “site belonging to the resistance” near Gaza City.
Fresh rocket sirens sound in towns close to the northern border with the Gaza Strip.
The warnings go off in the communities of Netiv Ha’asara, Karmia, and Yad Mordechai.
Channel 12 news, broadcasting from Sderot, captures Iron Dome interceptor missiles streaking through the sky during the latest rocket attack.
There are no immediate reports of injuries.
‘We haven’t started yet’: Islamic Jihad threatens Israel
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group issues a threatening message as the Israeli Air Force carries out strikes in the Gaza Strip tonight.
“We haven’t started yet,” the terror group says, attaching a video showing members preparing rockets to be launched.
The IAF is striking in Gaza after at least 37 rockets were launched at southern Israel on Tuesday.
The military wing of the Hamas terror group says its members are firing missiles at Israeli aircraft over the Gaza Strip amid strikes being carried out in response to earlier rocket attacks.
The shoulder-launched missiles are not thought to pose a threat to Israeli fighter jets, although they have set off incoming rocket siren alarms in southern Israel in the past.
Fresh rocket sirens sound in southern towns towns around the border with the Gaza Strip.
The rocket attacks come as the Israeli Air Force is carrying out strikes in the Palestinian enclave in response to 37 rockets launched at southern Israel today.
There are no immediate reports of injuries in the rocket attack.
The range of rocket fire from the Gaza Strip appears to increase, as sirens sound in the town of Talmei Bilu, northeast of Netivot, some 13 kilometers (8 miles) from the Palestinian enclave.
Throughout Tuesday, the rocket attacks were concentrated on Sderot and other towns close to the border with Gaza.
The Israel Defense Forces says four rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip at the southern city of Sderot in the last barrage.
One of the rockets is intercepted by the Iron Dome air defense system and the other three landed in open areas, without causing any injuries.
Ashkelon hospital says 12 people treated for rocket-related ailments
Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon says it treated 12 people over the course of the day for rocket-related trauma.
Three foreign nationals injured at a building were brought to the hospital with shrapnel wounds, with one listed in moderate condition and the rest in light condition.
The remainder of those brought to the hospital, for nervous shock or injuries sustained while running for shelter, are also listed in light condition.
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