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Security cabinet instructs IDF to continue Gaza strikes, prepare for escalation

At the conclusion of the security cabinet’s session, the PMO issues a brief statement saying that the army has been instructed to continue striking targets in the Gaza Strip.

“The [security] cabinet instructed the IDF to continue the strikes and the prepare for a continuation. The main consideration is the security of the state and its citizen,” the statement says.

— Raphael Ahren

IDF releases footage of strike that killed alleged Hamas moneyman

The Israeli military releases drone footage of its strike that killed Hamed Hamdan al-Khodari, who it says was a terrorist operative who funneled money to terror groups in the Gaza Strip from Iran.

In the video, al-Khodari’s car can be seen driving down a street in Gaza City before it is hit by a missile from above and erupts into a cloud of smoke and flame.

Ashdod man seriously injured by Gaza rocket fire

A 35-year-old man is seriously injured by shrapnel from a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip at the coastal city of Ashdod, medics say.

The man is taken to the city’s Assuta hospital for treatment.

— Judah Ari Gross

Gaza rocket hits Sderot home, no injuries reported

A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip directly hits a home in the southern city of Sderot.

According to Channel 13, the rocket failed to explode upon impact.

No injuries are reported.

Incoming rocket sirens blare in Ashdod, Ashkelon and Yavne

Incoming rocket sirens sound in the southern Israeli cities of Ashdod, Ashkelon and Yavne as Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza Strip continue to fire rockets and mortar shells across the border.

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IDF says it thwarted Hamas cyber attack amid rocket barrage

The Israeli military says its soldiers thwarted a cyber attack by the Hamas terror group, without elaborating on the nature or target of the attack.

The commander of the IDF’s Cyber Division, who can only be identified by his rank and first Hebrew letter of his name, Brig. Gen. “Dalet,” would only say that the cyber attack occurred in the past day and was aimed at “harming the way of life of Israeli citizens.”

The military says much of the information about the attempted attack cannot be published as it would reveal to Hamas details about Israel’s cyber capabilities.

In addition to Israeli technology soldiers thwarting the cyber attack, the Israeli Air Force also bombed the headquarters of Hamas’s cyber unit.

According to the officer, the attempt by Hamas was not a particularly advanced one. “We were a step ahead of them the whole time,” he says.

However, Dalet says this was one of the first times where Israeli soldiers had to fend off a cyber attack while also fighting a physical battle.

“What’s special here is that we thwarted this threat under fire,” Dalet tells reporters.

The general says Hamas likely knows by now that its effort failed.

“I believe that they know they didn’t succeed in doing what they intended to do,” Dalet says.

— Judah Ari Gross

More incoming rocket sirens heard in Sderot

Fresh rocket sirens sound in the town of Sderot and surrounding communities, as terror groups in the Strip continue to fire rockets and mortar shells at southern Israel.

— Judah Ari Gross

Islamic Jihad says 2 operatives killed in Israeli strike

The Hamas-run health ministry and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization say that an Israeli strike earlier this afternoon killed two PIJ operatives.

A ministry spokesman tells AFP Mohammed abu Armanah, 30, and Mahmoud abu Armanah, 27, were killed in an Israeli strike in central Gaza, without giving further details.

Islamic Jihad confirms the men were members of its armed wing.

— with AFP

IDF says airstrikes target another terror cell in southern Gaza

The Israeli military says one of its aircraft attacked another group of terrorist operatives in the southern Gaza Strip.

— Judah Ari Gross

Kfar Saba opening public shelters

The central Israeli city of Kfar Saba is opening its public bomb shelters for residents as a precaution amid the wave of rocket fire into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip.

The decision is made by the municipality, not the the IDF’s Home Front Command. Kfar Saba is about 20 minutes north east of Tel Aviv.

The decision comes hours after the northern city of Netanya opened its city shelters.

Earlier today, Channel 12 news said Israeli defense officials were worried the latest round of fighting with armed terrorist groups in Gaza, would spread to the north of the country.

Incoming rocket sirens again blare in southern Israeli communities

A fresh round of rocket sirens sound in the communities of Nahal Oz and Sdot Negev as a barrage is fired toward southern Israel from the Gaza Strip.

There are no immediate reports of injuries.

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