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IDF said to deploy Iron Dome defense batteries in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem areas
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Iron Dome defense missile systems are pictured in the southern Israeli city of Sderot, on April 24, 2021. (Jack Guez/AFP)
Hebrew media is reporting that the IDF has deployed Iron Dome missile defense batteries in the Beersheba, Tel Aviv and Jerusalem areas in expectation of rocket attacks.
There is no immediate confirmation from the military.
An unnamed military official tells Ynet the army assesses that at least 15 Islamic Jihad operatives have been killed in the Israeli strikes in Gaza so far.
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