Code Red alert blares in south Israel after IDF attacks 2 Gaza posts
Source: Code Red alert blares in south Israel after IDF attacks 2 Gaza posts
Alarm wails across Hof Ashkelon Regional Council shortly after IDF confirms attacking observation posts in Beit Hanoun and Jabalia near areas from which Palestinians had flown incendiary balloons earlier in the day; IDF says rocket landed in open space inside Israel, while local residents report hearing a boom.
A Code Red Alert blared in the Hof Ashkelon Regional Council on Monday evening, despite a Sunday announcement from Hamas and Islamic Jihad that a ceasefire had been reached with Israel after the region witnessed a major flare-up over the weekend.The IDF said that a rocket landed in open space in south Israel while local residents reported hearing an explosion.
The siren, which was heard at 5:36pm, came shortly after the IDF confirmed Palestinian reports that it had attacked two observation posts in Beit Hanoun and Jabalia on Monday afternoon located near areas from which Palestinians had flown incendiary balloons earlier in the day.
Fire caused by incendiary kite
According to the IDF, the attack was carried out in response to the kite and balloon terror led by Hamas against Israeli civilians and against Israeli sovereignty.Firefighters were once again called to Israeli Gaza-border communities on Monday afternoon as flames that incinerated more landscape at the Karmiya Reserve between Kibbutz Karmiya and Kibbutz Yad Mordechai.
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