IDF fires into Gaza following continued rocket barrage
IDF fires into Gaza following continued rocket barrage | JPost | Israel News.
16:01 Code red siren blares in Eshkol; rocket fired at IDF forces hits open area
LAST UPDATED: 07/04/2014 13:00
IDF artillery fired into the Gaza Strip on Friday following a continued barrage of rocket-fire despite media reports that Hamas officials have claimed they support a ceasefire with Israel which Egyptian intelligence officials were attempting to broker.will act with power
Four rockets have exploded in southern Israel since Friday morning while another was intercepted by Iron Dome batteries. Two more mortar shells reportedly exploded in open fields according to media reports.
Following days of rocket fire and retaliatory strikes by the iDF, the BBC quoted a Hamas sources as saying a truce had been brokered, a claim that Israel has not confirmed.
The IDF deployed troops on the Gaza border amid the escalation, as some 40 rockets hit Israel on Thursday and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu had warned earlier on Thursday evening that if quiet in the region was not restored, the beefed-up IDF units amassed there will act “with power.”
IDF officials have maintained that the forces were in place to defend residents of the South and that there stance is, “quiet will be answered with quiet.”
Over 40 rockets and mortar shells have landed in southern Israel since early Thursday, including two direct hits on residential buildings in Sderot.
On Friday three more rockets landed in open fields near Sderot and Eshkol while a third was shot down by Iron Dome batteries. The Code Red siren was heard again on Friday afternoon.
On Thursday demonstrators gathered on the edge of Sderot and called for strong military action against Gaza.
Yaakov Lappin contributed to this report.
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