Around 270 rockets had been fired from Gaza in direction of Israel early on Wednesday afternoon.
The barrage was in response to Israeli strikes on Monday, which killed three senior Islamic Jihad commanders and 10 civilians and injured 20.
Air raid sirens sounded within the border cities of Sderot, Ashkelon and Ashdod and additional up the coast in Tel Aviv.
Witnesses stated they noticed the Iron Dome missile defence system intercepting rockets near town.
Israeli media stated there had been a direct hit on a kindergarten close to the Gaza Strip however no accidents had been reported. Schools have been closed since Tuesday.
Flights had been briefly prevented from touchdown at Ben Gurion Airport, however operations have now resumed. A British Airways flight was diverted to Larnaca in Cyprus.
A spokesman for the Israeli Defence Forces insisted Palestinian Islamic Jihad was behind the rocket launches, not Hamas, the group which controls the Gaza Strip. However Hamas has publicly supported the rocket assaults.
Israel launched ‘Operation Shield and Arrow’ within the early hours of Monday morning after rockets had been fired at it final week.
Military officers stated they killed the boys answerable for these assaults and stated they’d been planning assaults on Israel.
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The IDF confirmed the commanders killed had been Khalil Bahitini, who ran PIJ operations in northern Gaza, Tarek Azaldin who allegedly coordinated assaults within the West Bank from Gaza, and Jahed Ahman, a senior determine within the group’s army council.
Later on Tuesday, and once more on Wednesday, the Israeli air power hit targets in Gaza they stated had been making ready to launch missiles, killing an additional three individuals.
Residents close to the Gaza border in southern Israel have been ordered to stay near bomb shelters and a whole lot of individuals evacuated to cities within the north. Outdoor gatherings have been banned and the Erez crossing level between Gaza and Israel closed.
Reservists have been placed on standby and Israel’s Home Command stated it remained prepared for additional motion.
Source: information.sky.com”