2 Grads, 25 mortars fired from Gaza explode in Israel

2 Grads, 25 mortars fired from Gaza explode in Israel.

Police sapper carries Grad rocket

Photo by: Reuters

By JPOST.COM STAFF
04/09/2011 11:41

Iron dome intercepts rockets outside Beersheba, Ashkelon; 15 Grads fired overnight; Hamas commander killed in IDF strike on Gaza Strip; IDF strikes terror infrastructure in Rafah, Khan Younis.

Fifteen Grad-model rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory overnight Friday. The Iron Dome rocket-defense system intercepted five of them in the Beersheba and Ashkelon areas, Israel Radio reported.

Saturday morning two additional Grad rockets were fired at Ofakim and 25 mortar shells were fired into the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries were immediately reported. Dozens of mortar shells were fired overnight.

The Iron Dome system intercepted three Grad rockets in the Ashkelon region and 2 rockets in the Beersheba area. Including shorter-range Kassams, a total of over 50 rockets were fired from the Strip on Friday

A Hamas leader and two of his assistants were killed in an IAF airstrike early morning Saturday on a car in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

Palestinian news agency Ma’an reported that other IDF strikes took place overnight in Gaza City, a Hamas training base in the northern Strip and a neighborhood in Khan Younis.

Artillery strikes were reported in the Rafah area along the Strip’s southern border with Egypt.

Since Friday night, four Palestinians were killed in IDF strikes, Israel Radio reported. That brought the total number of Palestinians killed since Thursday to 16, at least four of whom were civilians.

Five Israelis were reportedly injured when scrambling to enter bomb shelters as rockets were being fired into their areas.

Reuters contributed to this report.

Explore posts in the same categories: Uncategorized

This entry was posted on April 9, 2011 at 11:11 AM and is filed under Uncategorized. You can subscribe via RSS 2.0 feed to this post's comments. You can comment below, or link to this permanent URL from your own site.

WarSclerotic