Politics Rocket alert in Israeli coastal town of Ashkelon
For the first time in several weeks, there was a rocket alert in the Israeli coastal town of Ashkelon on Monday. According to paramedics, two people were injured as they ran into shelters. Several others suffered shocks. Warning sirens also sounded in towns on the edge of the Gaza Strip, according to the military. The Palestinian terrorist organization Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attacks. The Israeli military announced that two missiles fired from the northern Gaza Strip had been intercepted by the missile defense system.
24.06.2024, 17:37
SDA
Previously, Israel's missile defense had reportedly intercepted a projectile fired from Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip. Israel's military has been deployed in Rafah since the beginning of May. The declared aim was to destroy the last battalions of the Islamist Hamas in the city on the border with Egypt.
According to the Israeli military, a total of around 20,000 rockets, mortar shells and drones have been used against Israel from various fronts - the Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, Iraq and Yemen - since the start of the Gaza war almost nine months ago.
