BREAKING: Israeli military says sirens sounded in country’s south amid salvo of rockets reportedly from northern Gaza, a day after Israel killed 11 Palestinians in West Bank incursion
Rockets appear to be in reaction to Israeli"massacre" in occupied West Bank a day ago, in which 11 Palestinians were killed, including several elderly and a teenager.
Air defences intercepted five of the rockets which were fired toward the cities of Ashkelon and Sderot, the military said on Thursday, and one missile landed in an open field.Witnesses on the Palestinian side said they saw at least eight rockets fired from besieged Palestinian territory. Wednesday's incursion also left 102 Palestinians wounded, including six in critical condition, Palestine's Health Ministry said in a statement.
In one emotional scene, an overwhelmed medic pronounced a man dead, only to notice the lifeless patient was his father. Elsewhere, an amateur video showed two men, apparently unarmed, being shot as they ran in the street. The 36-year-old medic told The Associated Press that he saw many patients shot in the chest, head and thighs. "They shot to kill," he said.
There was no immediate confirmation from the government, but an announcement was expected on Thursday.
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