( I’m asking the community to post whatever significant updates they run across to the “comments” on this post. There is so much happening so fast that I’m feeling overwhelmed. Please help… – JW )
10:50 – Been at this since 5 AM. Time to fold my tent and recharge. Please keep each other informed by posting in the comments below. Shabbat shalom! – JW
10:35 – – COLOR RED – Palmachim
10:33 – – COLOR RED – Multiple locations
9:28 – Egyptian newspaper Al-Shorouk reported that a Sinai organization affiliated with al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for firing five rockets from northern Sinai toward Israel on Wednesday. (Roi Kais)
9:00 – COLOR RED – Be’er Sheva
8:48 – Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported that Ahmed Abu Jalal, a senior commander in Hamas’ military wing, was killed in an Air Force strike east of the Maghazi refugee camp in the central Strip. Abu Jalal’s two brothers and another person were also killed.
8:15 – A total of 518 rockets have been fired at southern Israel since the start of Operation Pillar of Defense. Since the morning hours, 190 rockets have been fired at the southern district, some causing damage to vehicles and property.
7:35 – Update: 197 Iron Dome intercepts; IAF hit 613 total targets
7:32 – Cabinet meeting to approve increase of reserve call up to 77,000
7:16 – A state official said Friday that Israel will not “take its foot off the gas. We are hitting them forcibly and are preparing to aggravate the operation.
7:13 – Longest lull in rocket fire since last night. It’s been about 45 minutes.
6:18 – Rocket volleys continue nonstop. On average every 10 minutes. I’m not able to keep reporting on all of them. (I’m only human and only one human, at that.) I will report on any volley that causes real damage or injury, or on any other “surprises” Hamas has in store for us.
5:39 – Defense Minister Ehud Barak gave the green light to the IDF to extend the recruitment of reserve forces, in addition to the forces already approved earlier.
5:19 – IDF Spokesperson confirms that two rockets launched from the Gaza Strip by Hamas landed approximately 14 kilometers from downtown Jerusalem, near the settlement bloc of Gush Etzion.
4:53 – Rocket fell north of Jerusalem. No casualties or damage reported. Hamas claims to have fired a new missile they have developed at it. (ch 2)
4:51 — COLOR RED 9 sirens – Multiple locations
4:-49 – COLOR RED – Jerusalem
4:34 – COLOR RED – Kiriat Malachi
4:23 – Hamas’ military wing has promised “surprises” in a short while.
4:18 – COLOR RED 9 sirens – Multiple locations
4:17 – Local authorities ordered to prepare for 7 weeks of fighting
4:07 – Morsi threatens Israel with the strength of the Egyptian nation if they don’t stop attacking Gaza now. (From Ehud Yaari, Ch. 2 )
3:59 – COLOR RED 12 sirens – Massive volley – multiple locations
3:50 – COLOR RED 4 sirens – Multiple locations
3:47 – Meretz Chairwoman Zahava Galon says that Israel should begin immediate negotiations with Hamas to reach a ceasefire and bring an end to Operation Pillar of Defense.
3:30 Thousands of Egyptians are protesting in Cairo and Alexandria against Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense in Gaza.
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi’s Muslim Brotherhood called for the demonstrations, which come on the day that Egypt’s Prime Minister Hesham Kandil traveled to Gaza in a symbolic show of support for the territory’s Hamas rulers.
Egypt has recalled its ambassador from Tel Aviv in protest of the Israeli operation.
3:17 – COLOR RED 6 sirens – Multiple locations
3:09 – Palestinian Ma’an News reports that Hamas has executed an alleged Israeli collaborator in the Gaza Strip.
According to the report, the man’s body has been brought to Shifa Hospital with papers containing his alleged confession to have assisted Israeli intelligence pinpoint rocket launcher sites and movement of terrorist leaders.
3:08 – 2 rockets hit Ashkelon, Shaar Hanegev; 2 others intercepted
2:53 – The IAF is currently exacting a heavy price from Hamas for today’s massive rocket attack. The towers of smoke are visable to Israel TV. I hope this is the “softening up” before the entrance of our army. – JW
2:52 – DF reports that of the over 500 rockets fired at Israel since Wednesday, only 26 have landed in urban areas.
The Iron Dome anti-rocket system has intercepted a total of 153 rockets fired by Hamas and other terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip — 55 in the past day.
Since Wednesday, 335 rockets have struck Israel, 67 of which hit on Friday.
2:28 – COLOR RED 6 sirens – Multiple locations
2:24 – Iron Dome intercepts 4 rockets fired toward Ashdod
2:22 – COLOR RED 3 sirens – Multiple locations
2:20 – COLOR RED 6 sirens – Multiple locations
2:12 – Iron Dome intercepts rockets fired on Beersheba, Ashdod
1:57 – Hamas TV and radio stations in the Gaza Strip are reportedly claiming that the Islamist group launched rockets at Jerusalem and struck the Knesset.
Residents of Jerusalem have not reported any explosions, and a Twitter user in the capital says that the parliament building is safe and sound.
1:37 – Rocket fell in open area near Tel Aviv – no casualties or damage.
1:31 – Sirens in Tel Aviv as well as multiple locations in massive rocket volley.
1:28 – 3 injured by shrapnel in last attack.
1:26 -A rocket that was fired from Gaza has exploded in Beersheba, apparently next to a residential building. Some of the rockets fired on the city simultaneously were intercepted by the Iron Dome.
1:25 – COLOR RED 4 sirens – Multiple locations
1:18 – COLOR RED 10 sirens – Multiple locations
1:08 — COLOR RED – Multiple locations
1:00 – COLOR RED Beer Sheva
12:58 – COLOR RED Beer Sheva
12:55 – COLOR RED 7 sirens – Multiple locations
12:33 – 6 rockets explode in Eshkol
12:32 – Eight terror tunnels in Gaza, near the Israeli border, destroyed by the IAF overnight, reports Channel 2 News.
12:20 – COLOR RED –Ein Hashlosha
12:19 – COLOR RED –Ein Hashlosha
12:17 – Iran: Thousands demonstrate in Tehran against ‘Zionist crimes in Gaza’
12:18 – COLOR RED –Ein Hashlosha
12:15 – COLOR RED –Ein Hashlosha
12:07 – COLOR RED – Multiple locations
12:05 – Iron Dome intercepts 2 rockets fired on Sderot
12:00 – COLOR RED – Multiple locations
11:55 – COLOR RED – Kisufim
11:43 – Major protest being planned in Egypt against Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, reports Channel 2 News.
11:38 – COLOR RED – Mulitple locations
11:30 – COLOR RED 3 sirens – Mulitple locations
11:20 – Iron Dome has made over 130 successful interceptions of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip over the last two days, according to the IDF.
10:52 – Iron Dome intercepts 4 rockets fired on Ashdod
10:44 – Rocket burns vehicle in Netivot area to a crisp; none hurt
10:43 – Iron Dome intercepts 4 rockets fired on Ashdod
10:28 – COLOR RED 3 sirens – Multiple locations
10:28 – COLOR RED 3 sirens – Mulitple locations
10:26 – Rocket hits the parking lot of a shopping mall in central Ashkelon. Some damage is reported but no injuries.
10:12 – Some 50 rockets have been fired into Israel this morning.
9:51 – – COLOR RED Mulitple locations
9:42 – Iron Dome intercepts rocket near Hof Ashkelon
9:32 – Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil arrives in the Gaza Strip. It is unclear whether the reported suspension of airstrikes will take effect during Kandil’s visit, since the terms of a short ceasefire were to include the halting of rockets from Gaza.
8:53 – COLOR RED Mulitple locations
8:32 – Iron Dome intercepts 5 rockets fired on Ashkelon
8:24- COLOR RED 6 sirens – Mulitple locations
8:18- COLOR RED 5 sirens – Mulitple locations
8:21 – IDF strikes home of Hamas PM Haniyeh; not hurt
8:14 At least 8 rockets explode in Eshkol, Ofakim
8:14 – 3 rockets explode in Shaar Hanegev, Hof Ashkelon
8:12- COLOR RED 4 sirens – Mulitple locations
8:09 – Rockets hit Eshkol, Bnei Shimon councils
7:56- COLOR RED Ofakim
7:53 – Iron Dome intercepts rockets fired on Beersheba
7:49 – COLOR RED Mulitple locations
7:42 – COLOR RED Beer Sheva, Ofakim
7:41 – Rocket explodes in Ashdod
7:29 -Rocket hits home in Sha’ar Hanegev council area; none hurt
07:12 A rocket fired from Gaza hits a parking lot next to a residential building in the city of Ashdod. No injuries reported.
07:10 Israel Radio reports a direct hit on a house in the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council. No initial reports of injuries.
06:43 Various reports from Gaza claim an Israeli air strike on a Hamas police station in Deir al-Balah.
06:35Egyptian officials have told Hamas leaders in the Gaza Strip to institute calm, Israel Radio reports.
06:09 Hundreds of soldiers from the Paratroops, Golani and Givati Brigades, as well as Armored Corps units, have been
transferred to the Gaza border area for training exercises — apparently, in preparation for a possible ground incursion.
Rumors that IDF soldiers had entered the Gaza Strip, or were about to, circulated briefly in the early hours of Friday morning, but they have not been substantiated.
05:56 Dennis Ross, a former senior Middle East adviser to US Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, tells The Washington Post that Egypt faces a stark choice on what kind of role to play in the Gaza conflict.
5:20 IDF: Over 420 rockets from Gaza hit Israel in past 2 days
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