From Gaza.. Rocket bursts towards Tel Aviv

renew rocket launch mIn the Gaza Strip, rocket attacks were launched towards Tel Aviv, while sirens sounded in the city.

Sirens also sounded in the Negev region in anticipation of rockets fired from Gaza.

Pictures at dawn today, Saturday, revealed that the Iron Dome had intercepted rockets fired by Palestinian factions towards Israel, after the latter launched a wave of air raids in Gaza, on Friday, that killed ten people, including a five-year-old girl.

Al-Arabiya/Al-Hadath correspondent explained earlier that sirens were heard in central Israel, especially in Ashkelon, while ambulance teams announced their readiness, in addition to opening shelters.

Meanwhile, the newspaper “The Times of Israel” reported that four people were injured during the stampede to escape rockets fired by the Islamic Jihad movement.

The newspaper said that the injuries of the four were minor, and that they were injured in the stampede while fleeing to the shelters.

She also added that a fifth person was taken to hospital “as a result of his anxiety.”

Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, announced that it had fired more than 100 missiles towards Israel, on Friday, as part of its “initial response” to Israel’s killing of a leader in its ranks during raids on Gaza.

Operation Dawn

On the other hand, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz announced that Israel had started the “Breaking Dawn” operation to thwart the operations of the Jihad movement, noting that “those who threaten us will not continue to exist,” as he put it.

He added that “our security services are working perfectly,” noting that Tel Aviv “will not accept any threat or targeting of its lands,” stressing at the same time that Israel “is not interested in any war in Gaza, but we do not fear it.”

In turn, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid announced that the Israeli army launched an operation aimed at containing an “imminent threat” after strikes targeting the Islamic Jihad movement.

The Israeli army had announced that its special forces and artillery had attacked military posts of the Islamic Jihad movement, today, Friday, after bombing targets belonging to the movement in the Gaza Strip, which led to the killing of a prominent leader in it.

Meanwhile, the Israeli army spokesman, Avichai Adraei, said that the chief of staff instructed the army to move to a state of emergency and open the higher operations room of the chief of staff.

Al-Arabiya correspondent reported that the Israeli army decided to call up 25,000 reservists due to the escalation in Gaza.

15 . killed

The Israeli army had revealed that the air raids it launched on Gaza on Friday killed 15 people, stressing that the operation targeting the Islamic Jihad has not ended yet.

“According to our assessment, 15 people were killed in the operation,” IDF spokesman Richard Hecht told media outlets. He stressed that the operation “is not over yet,” describing it as a “preemptive attack” on a senior leader in the movement.

Tel Aviv (AFP)

The strikes came after Israel arrested Bassam al-Saadi, a prominent leader of the Islamic Jihad movement, during a raid in the West Bank city of Jenin earlier this week.

After that, Israel closed all Gaza crossings and some nearby roads.

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