After a Palestinian fired rocket exploded between two homes in Sderot, Israeli jets returned fire on 2 Hamas targets in northern Gaza.
– No injuries reported on either side.
A rocket was shot into Sderot along the Gaza border.
A Code Red siren was heard in the region. The IDF confirms that a rocket shot from Beit Hanoun in Gaza landed in Sderot.
When police searched the area, they found a rocket had exploded between two houses in the city of Sderot. Police have closed off the area; a bomb squad is at the scene.
Rocket launched from Gaza exploded in Sderot (19K city pop). 14 rockets have been fired into Israel in 2016. RT pic.twitter.com/Eq5Ex4Mq1n
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) August 21, 2016
No one is reported injured.
Sderot, a town in the western Negev, has been targeted by more than 10,000 rockets since 2001.
In 2016 alone, 10 rockets from Gaza have struck the western Negev (not including rockets which were shot from Gaza, but fell inside Gaza).
In early July, a rocket from Gaza struck a kindergarten in Sderot. The IDF responded at the time by striking four infrastructure targets in Gaza.
Imagine if even one rocket was fired on New York, Moscow, Paris or Berlin? How would YOU react? #NoMoreTerror https://t.co/mbR5SADx2E
— Arsen Ostrovsky (@Ostrov_A) August 21, 2016
The IAF has returned fire to Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza. No injuries on the Gazan side reported.
The IDF announced on its Hebrew language twitter account, that “in response to a shooting carried out a short time ago toward the city of Sderot, we attacked, using an Air Force jet, terror infrastructure belonging to the terror organization Hamas, in the northern Gaza Strip.” The infrastructure is reportedly a water tower in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza.
Moments ago, in response to the rocket attack from Gaza. IAF & armored corps targeted 2 Hamas posts in the northern Gaza Strip.
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) August 21, 2016
The IDF continued, “Similarly, we attacked a terrorist infrastructure via shooting from a tank. We will continue to act decisively at all times to maintain the security of the State of Israel.”