Israel struck again on Sunday after Hamas terrorists launched a number of rockets in the direction of cities within the Southern District of Israel on Sunday.
The Israel Protection Forces (IDF) mentioned it hit the rocket launchers within the Gaza Strip from which the projectiles had been launched earlier Sunday towards Israel.
The rockets had been fired from central Gaza in the direction of Ashdod and Ashkelon on Sunday night. There have been stories of harm and particles in a number of places.
There have been 10 rockets in whole, and Israeli forces solely intercepted half.
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Israeli troopers sit on a tank as it’s taking place in entrance of the northern Gaza Strip as seen from a place on the Israeli aspect of the border on March 18, 2025 in Southern Israel, Israel. (Amir Levy/Getty Photographs)
“Roughly 5 projectiles had been efficiently intercepted by the IAF [Israeli Air Force],” the navy defined. “Falls had been recognized in a number of areas.”
“IDF House Entrance Command troopers are dispatched to the scenes and are working in cooperation with Israeli safety forces.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was later briefed on the assault and commanded “a forceful response and permitted the continued intensified IDF operations in Gaza towards Hamas.”
“I instructed the IDF to increase the navy operation and deal Hamas a heavy blow in response to the launches,” Israeli Minister of Protection Israel Katz mentioned in an announcement. “For each shrapnel that harms a resident of Ashkelon, the Hamas murderers should pay a heavy value.”
Afterward X, the IDF shared on-the-ground footage of a neighborhood that was struck by a rocket. The video confirmed a number of emergency autos blaring lights at night time as first responders tended to a residential neighborhood.
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“This is only one neighborhood in Israel hit by Hamas rocket hearth tonight,” the submit learn. “Hamas continues to cover behind Gazan civilians whereas firing at Israeli civilians.”
“We are going to proceed to defend Israelis from the specter of terrorism,” the IDF added.
The newest rocket assaults got here because the IDF continues concentrating on terrorist cells throughout the Center East. Final week, Israel launched a wave of airstrikes on Syrian navy airfields, which had been supposed to be “a transparent message to Turkey to not intervene with Israeli aerial operations in Syrian airspace.”
On Friday, the IDF confirmed that it had killed the terrorist chief answerable for killing Shiri, Kfir and Ariel Bibas.
Israeli troops deployed to Gaza, seen in March 2025. (IDF)
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“As a part of his position within the terrorist group, Mohammad Awad was actively concerned till his loss of life in recruiting terror operatives in Judea and Samaria and inside Israel, by means of whom he used to plan and perform assaults towards Israelis,” the IDF mentioned on the time.
Fox Information’ Yael Rotem-Kuriel, Caitlin McFall and Efrat Lachter contributed to this report.
