Hamas launches 200 rockets from the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, the Israel Defense Forces says on Friday morning. The figure brings the total of rockets fired at Israel since the start of Operation Protective Edge, on Monday, to 550.
The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit also notes that Hamas has launched barrages especially during morning and evening rush hours, making it more difficult for Israeli civilians to make it to shelter.
Firefighters and police units on the scene of an explosion in Ashdod caused by rocket fire from Gaza, on the third day of Operation Protective Edge, July 10, 2014. (photo credit: Flash90)
IDF airstrikes, meanwhile, hit some 210 targets since this time yesterday, the army says. These include “long-range rocket launchers, Hamas leadership facilities, terror and smuggling tunnels, fuel-smuggling tunnels, compounds and training sites, communications facilities, air defense elements, concealed launchers, and additional sites used for terror activities targeting Israel, including command and control centers.”
The figure brings the total number of targets in the coastal Strip hit by the IDF to 1,090.
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