Reports coming from Gaza indicate communication networks in the Strip are down amid heavy Israeli bombardment.
The Hamas government says Israel “cut communications and most of the internet” across the Strip.
A major rocket barrage is fired from Gaza toward Israel’s south and center.
Sirens sounded in Ramat Gan, Modi’in, Rishon Lezion, Holon, Ashdod, Ashkelon and more.
There are no reports so far of impacts.
Iran’s foreign minister warns that Lebanese and Palestinian terror groups have their “finger on the trigger” in anticipation of an Israeli ground offensive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
“What I gathered from what I heard from them and the plans that they have — they have their finger on the trigger,” Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says.
Speaking to US National Public Radio from the United Nations, where he is attending a General Assembly session on the crisis, Amir-Abdollahian says the terrorists’ actions would be “much more powerful and deeper than what you’ve witnessed.
Palestinian media outlets report heavy Israeli airstrikes across the Gaza Strip, especially in its north.
Live footage shows plumes of smoke and fireballs rising above Gaza City.
The Israel Defense Forces has not yet commented on the wave of airstrikes.
IDF says it intercepted ‘aerial threat’ over Red Sea in the morning
The Israel Defense Forces says fighter jets were scrambled after an “aerial threat” was identified over the Red Sea this morning.
The Israeli Air Force intercepted the “hostile targets” which did not enter Israeli airspace, the IDF says.
The military publishes a video showing the interception, which according to Egyptian media occurred near the Red Sea town of Nuweiba.
Iranian army holds large military drill for ground forces
The Iranian army starts a two-day drill with all units of its ground forces in Isfahan province, in the center of the country.
During the main stage of the drill on Friday, the army’s mobile assault brigades, armored divisions and squadrons of helicopters fire upgraded versions of Shafaq, Almas and Dehlaviyeh missiles to strike targets at a range of 8 to 20 kilometers, according to Iranian news agency Tasnim.
The commander of the air force, Yousef Ghorbani, announces on the sidelines of the drill, codenamed Eghtedar (Authority) 1402, that military helicopters are participating in the exercise.
The Israel Defense Forces says a number of rockets fired from Lebanon toward Israeli territory landed in Syria.
The attempted attack comes amid repeated missile and rocket fire by the Hezbollah terror group and allied Palestinian factions in southern Lebanon.
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