Southern Israel was targeted by the fourth rocket attack in three days. The most recent attack came late on Sunday night while the IDF was engaged in carrying out a response to the third attack that had taken place just a few hours earlier. All four rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome anti-missile system.
Terrorists in Gaza fired rockets at Israel for the 3rd night in a row, endangering lives in Gaza and Israel.
In response, we struck 4 Hamas compounds used for military training, a weapons workshop & an entrance to an underground terrorist tunnel.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) September 13, 2021
An IDF spokesman reported that the fourth rocket prompted an expansion of the Israeli raid to five major Hamas facilities, including a “terror tunnel” as well as training compounds and arms production sites and depots.
Following the 2nd rocket fired by terrorists from Gaza, our fighter jets struck a Hamas military post and a machine gun which was used to fire toward Israel.
We will not tolerate terrorist activities from Gaza.
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) September 13, 2021
The first two attacks took place on Friday and Saturday night. The third rocket attack came at about 9:00 PM on Sunday night. Israel responded to each attack by hitting Hamas military targets. No casualties were reported in the IDF attacks.
Israel and the Hamas-run government in Gaza are currently engaged in a cease-fire that was negotiated by Egypt after the conflict in May in which over 2,600 rockets were fired at Israel.
