Israel ordered residents in areas around the Gaza to remain inside after “infiltrations” by a number of Hamas militants, the Israeli Defense Forces said.
Emergency personnel work to extinguish a fire in Ashkelon, Israel, on Saturday, after rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip. Israel declared “a state of alert for war” after Hamas militants infiltrated Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip and fired rounds of rockets into southern and central Israel early Saturday, in a major confrontation following weeks of tensions along the volatile border.
Within the first hour, a 60-year-old woman was killed by rocket fire and 15 others were injured, two in serious condition, according to Israel’s emergency medical services. Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif said in a statement that Hamas had fired more than 5,000 rockets in what he called “Operation Al-Aqsa Storm,”Share
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