Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Islamic Jihad takes credit for rockets
For the first time in the latest round of violence, Islamic Jihad is claiming responsibility for some of the rocket attacks on Ashdod and Ashkelon on Tuesday morning.
The organization says it has fired some 60 rockets in recent days.
The armed wing of Islamic Jihad, the Al-Quds Brigades, has initiated an operation called “Stable Building,” Gaza’s Safa news agency reports.
Ynet reports that one of the rocket fired earlier hit near a house in the Hof Ashkelon region, causing a brush fire to break out.
Two other rockets landed in open areas between Ashkelon and Ashdod.
