Sirens sound in Ashkelon, other towns
Sirens ring out in a large number of cities in southern Israel as Gazan terrorists fire a large barrage of rockets.
Targeted areas include Ashkelon, Yad Mordechai, Netiv Ha’asara and other areas immediately north of the Strip
Kiryat Shmona residents told to enter bomb shelters
The Kiryat Shmona municipality has instructed residents of the northern border city to enter their bomb shelters and remain there until further notice.
The city says it fears rocket attacks and is “in constant contact” with defense officials.
The announcement comes after the Home Front Command issued similar instructions to residents of a number of smaller communities in the area.
IDF says intense airstrikes targeted Gaza City ‘terror nest’
The Israel Defense Forces says it launched massive airstrikes against a coastal neighborhood of Gaza City, targeting dozens of sites.
It calls the area, dubbed al-Furqan after a mosque in the area, a “nest of terror” used by Hamas to launch attacks against Israel.
Dozens of fighter jets participated in the strikes, the IDF adds.
Iran has made support for the Palestinian cause a centerpiece of its foreign policy since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and was one of the first countries to hail Hamas’s devastating surprise assault on Saturday.
Gunfire and explosions are reported on the Lebanon border, as the Israeli military responds to the infiltration of several suspects into Israel.
A reporter for the Hezbollah-linked Al-Manar station publishes a video in which gunfire and several explosions can be heard, near the southern Lebanon village of Dhayra.
The Israel Defense Forces has yet to provide further details on the incident.
“I am convening tomorrow an emergency meeting of EU Foreign Ministers to address the situation in Israel and in the region,” Borrell writes in a social media post.
Borrell and a number of EU foreign ministers are currently in Oman for long-planned talks with Gulf states from the Gulf Cooperation Council.
Hezbollah threatens US, as Russia sees ‘high risk’ of 3rd party entering conflict
Hezbollah threatens to attack American positions in the Middle East should it intervene directly in the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
“Palestine is not Ukraine,” a spokesperson for the Lebanese terror group says in a statement, after the US moved warships closer to its ally Israel.
“If the US intervenes directly, all US positions in the region will become legitimate targets of the resistance axis and face our attacks. And on that day there will be no red line,” the spokesperson says.
Meanwhile, Russia says there is a “high risk” of a third party entering the conflict between Israel and Hamas.
“The risk of third forces becoming involved in this conflict is high,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov is quoted as saying by the TASS news agency.
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