IAF strike in Gaza, Saturday night
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Code Red siren in Gaza vicinity a false alarm
After several days of a relative calm in southern Israel, siren sounds in a Sha’ar HaNegev Regional Council; IDF confirms it was a false alarm.
A Code Red siren sounded in the community in the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council on Wednesday morning. Shortly afterwards, the IDF confirmed it was a false alarm, saying the circumstances were being looked into.
Early Sunday morning, the Israel Air Force attacked five terror targets in Hamas' naval force post in the northern Gaza Strip, in response to rockets fired at Israel on Saturday night.
IDF strike in Gaza, Saturday night (Photo: AP)
The Iron Dome air defense system intercepted three out of four rockets fired from Gaza. Code Red sirens sounded in the city of Sderot and in the Lakhish, Hof Ashkelon, Sha'ar Hanegev, Sdot Negev and Eshkol regional council on Saturday night.
Throughout the night, the IAF bombed 10 targets in the Gaza Strip in three Hamas compounds, including two weapon production and storage sites and one of the terror organization's military compounds, in response to rockets and mortar shells fired at Israel on Saturday evening. Code Red sirens sounded during the strikes and the Iron Dome intercepted one rocket fired at Israel.
