15 Mar, 2019 05:19

Israel hit 100 ‘terror targets’ in Gaza in response to rocket attacks – IDF

Israeli jets and helicopters hit around 100 Hamas-linked targets in Gaza on Thursday overnight, the Israeli Army has said. The air raids were conducted in response to rockets launched from Gaza at Tel Aviv.

A Hamas HQ in Gaza’s downtown Rimal district, a rocket-manufacturing site and militant training ground, were among the targets hit, according to the military.

We hit 100 Hamas military targets in Gaza in response to the rockets they fired at Israeli civilians. Among them:• Underground rocket manufacturing site• HQ responsible for orchestrating Hamas terrorism in Judea & Samaria• Hamas center of unmanned aerial aircraft#StopHamas pic.twitter.com/Iy3DwpNpTU
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) March 15, 2019

The airstrikes were made in retaliation to rockets launched from Gaza into Israeli territory, towards Tel Aviv. Both rockets were intercepted and destroyed by the Israeli Iron Dome missile defense system.

“Hamas terror group bears the responsibility for everything going on in and out of Gaza,” the IDF said.

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