Israel responds with air strikes to 40 Palestinian rockets fired from Gaza, kills 10 terrorists; Iron Dome shoots down a rocket

(Ynet) Southern Israel under heavy fire: Eight people were wounded Friday, one of them seriously, following a rocker salvo at southern Israel by Gaza terrorists.

More than 40 rockets and mortar shells were launched at Israel's south throughout the day, prompting the Air Force to mount several strikes on Gaza terror cells, killing 10 Islamic Jihad operatives.

Palestinian sources reported that the IAF struck a terror cell in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya around 2 am, killing two Islamic Jihad operatives. Four others were injured in another strike in central Gaza.

According to the IDF, shortly after midnight, the IAF targeted two terror cells gearing to fire rockets at Israel, killing two terrorists. Palestinian sources said at least two people were killed in the strike, near the Palestinian parliament in central Gaza City. [...]

Egyptian Ambassador to the Palestinian Authority Yasser Osman condemned what he called "the Israeli aggression against the genocidal Palestinians," and "Israel's violations of the ceasefire agreement."

The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas military wing, threatened Friday to "retaliate over Israel's crimes against the rights of the Palestinian people and the commanders of the resistance in Gaza to murder Israelis."

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