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Monday, February 18, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Monday, February 18, 2019
Military denies mortar shell fired from Gaza
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleDenying claims from local government, the military says there was not a mortar shell fired at southern Israel from the Gaza Strip earlier this evening.
“Despite the reports, no projectile was launched from the [Gaza] Strip at Israeli territory,” the army says.
The Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council, which claimed a mortar shell had hit an open field in its territory, retracts its statement and acknowledged that no projectile had been fired.
A spokesperson for the region does not immediately provide an explanation for the confusion.
— Judah Ari Gross
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