Escalating Tensions: Rockets Launched from Gaza Target Israel
TL;DR
Dozens of rockets have been fired from Gaza towards Israel, with sirens warning of incoming fire heard as far as Tel Aviv. A 70-year-old woman was critically injured and a 20-year-old man was moderately injured in the rocket attacks. Clashes were reported along the separation fence with Israel, and armed Palestinian fighters were seen. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with top security officials. There has been no claim of responsibility, but Israel's military usually responds with airstrikes, raising the likelihood of wider fighting. Tensions have been escalating along the Gaza-Israel border and in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
- Sirens warn of rockets launched towards Israel from Gaza: News reports Al Jazeera English
- Militants enter Israel from Gaza after woman killed in rocket barrage CNN
- Gazans fire rocket barrages at central, southern Israel; one critically wounded The Times of Israel
- Israel says Palestinian militants are infiltrating from Gaza. Residents are told to remain indoors The Associated Press
- Rocket barrages launched towards Israel from Gaza Reuters
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