IDF: 200 rockets fired from Gaza thus far; 60 shot down by Iron Dome

The IDF says more than 200 rockets and mortar shells have been fired at southern Israel from the Gaza Strip over the past two hours, making it one of the largest attacks from the Palestinian enclave since the 2014 Gaza war.

According to the military, approximately 60 of the incoming rockets and mortar shells were shot down by the Iron Dome missile defense system.

Most of the remaining projectiles landed in open fields, but a number of them struck homes and buildings in cities and towns throughout southern Israel.

— Judah Ari Gross

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