IDF: 180 rockets shot overnight, 60 sites in Gaza hit by airstrikes

The Israel Defense Forces says 180 rockets were fired at Israel late Saturday and early Sunday morning, bringing the total of rockets shot since fighting began Saturday morning to about 430.

Of those, over 100 were shot down by the Iron Dome missile defense system, which had about a 90 percent success rate, according to the military.

The army says it his 60 sites in Gaza overnight, bringing its total to about 180.

Pictures published by the army of what it says was a cross-border tunnel that it bombed Saturday show a truck bringing dirt out of the site, which it says is proof of digging activity.

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