Palestinian militants fired rockets into Jerusalem on Friday for the primary time since combating on the Israel-Gaza border intensified this week, as Israel continued airstrikes in Gaza amid Egyptian efforts to achieve a ceasefire.
Rocket sirens sounded within the city of Beit Shemesh and elsewhere within the hills close to Jerusalem, ending a 12-hour lull in combating. Temporary explosions could possibly be heard throughout Jerusalem, probably from Israeli missile defenses intercepting the rockets.
The Israeli army didn’t instantly verify any intercepts close to Jerusalem. Native media reported that Israel’s air defenses shot down two long-range rockets.
Israeli cities close to the Gaza border additionally got here underneath renewed rocket fireplace.
Shortly thereafter, Israel renewed airstrikes towards the militant Islamic Jihad group within the Gaza Strip.
There have been no reviews of accidents in Friday’s violence, the most recent setback in Egypt’s makes an attempt to dealer a truce.
Israeli forces launched an airstrike marketing campaign towards Islamic Jihad management within the early hours of Tuesday, accusing them of planning assaults towards Israel. Islamic Jihad, the second-largest armed group in Gaza after ruling Hamas, has fired practically 1,000 rockets since then, some into the inside reaches of Israel.
A minimum of 31 Palestinians within the densely populated Gaza Strip, together with ladies and kids, have been killed prior to now three days, whereas one particular person in Israel was killed when an condominium was hit by a rocket in a Tel Aviv suburb.
