During the course of the day, at keast 132 rockets were
fired from Gaza towards Israel, of which at least 82 rockets struck
Israel and 33 were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system.
The IDF hit 176 terror targets in the Gaza Strip.
7:40am: Large volley of rockets fired towards Ashkelon and surrounding communities
8:20am: Two rockets intercepted over Kiryat Malachi
9:20am:
Warning sirens in Ra’anana, Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva, Herzliya, and
Ashdod; 4 rockets intercepted over Tel Aviv. Home in south Tel Aviv
sustains damage by rocket fragments.
10:40am: Seven rockets explode in open areas in Eshkol region
1:30pm: Warning sirens in Kiryat Gat, Ashdod, and Ashkelon
2:30pm:
Three rockets fired at Ashkelon. One fell outside a house in a
residential area, close to where Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman and
Norwegian Foreign Minister Børge Brende were visiting.
FM Liberman and Norwegian FM Brende during a rocket attack in Ashkelon
Copyright: MFA
5:15pm: Rockets fired at Ashkelon, Sderot, Netivot, and the Eshkol and Sdot Negev regions.
9:00pm: Rockets fired at Ashdod and Ashkelon, one exploding near a school in Ashdod.
A home in Ashkelon was severely damaged by a rocket fired from Gaza.
Copyright: IDF Spokesperson
Tuesday, July 15
During the course of the day, at keast 155 rockets were
fired from Gaza towards Israel, of which at least 122 rockets struck
Israel and 26 were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system.
The IDF hit 96 terror targets in the Gaza Strip.
2:00am:
Two rockets were fired from the Sinai Peninsula and exploded in Eilat
in southern Israel. Three people sustained light injuries from glass
shards. Several other individuals were treated for shock. The rockets
fell close to a hotel and caused significant damage to cars and
property.
Fire breaks out after rockets explode in Eilat
Copyright: IDF Spokesperson
9am: Israel accepted Egyptian proposal for ceasefire.
Since then, as of 2pm, Gaza terrorists have fired about 40 rockets at Israel since the ceasefire accepted by Israel. Rockets have been fired at Ashdod, Ashkelon, Netivot, Kiryat Malachi, Rishon Lezion, Rehovot, Nes Ziona and the Haifa area.
Since 3pm, over 80 rockets have been fired at cities throughout Israel.
7pm:
A school for special needs children was hit in Rishon Lezion. Even
during the summer vacation, these children attend classes every morning.
Copyright: GPO/Haim Zach
7:30pm: An Israeli civilian was killed near the Erez Crossing after suffering a direct hit from a mortar fired by terrorists in the Gaza Strip, while delivering food to soldiers there. Dror Hanin
was a 37-year-old father of three from Beit Aryeh. The Erez Crossing
serves as the humanitarian crossing point from Israel into the Gaza
Strip.
Monday, July 14
During
the course of the day, at keast 115 rockets were fired from Gaza
towards Israel, of which at least 92 rockets struck Israel and 15 were
intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system. The IDF hit 163
terror targets in the Gaza Strip.
Shortly before 8 am, an
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), which was identified entering Israel's
territory, was shot down by an Israel Air Force Patriot
surface-to-air-missile near the Ashdod coastline. Army radio reported it
was likely carrying explosives in a fresh Hamas attempt to stage an
attack on Israel.
At 8:30am the Code Red siron was sounded in
Ashkelon, Ashdod, Netivot, Hof Ashkelon, and Sdot Negev Regional
Council, at 10:30am in Ashkelon, Kiryat Malakhi, and Be'er Tuvia, and at
11:20 rockets were fired at Ashkelon and Hof Ashkelon.
At around
12:25pm rocket Code Red sirens sounded in Ashdod, Eshkol, Gav Yavne, and
Kiryat Malakhi. One exploded in a residential area in Ashdod, lightly
injuring an 8-year-old boy.
6:30pm: A rocket fired from Syria fell in an open area in the Golan Heights.
7:30pm:
A rocket fired from Gaza hit the Bedouin village of Lakiya, near Beer
Sheva, wounding two girls aged 11 and 13, one severely and one
moderately.
10:45pm: A rocket fired from Lebanon struck near the northern Israeli city of Nahariya.
Sunday, July 13
During
the course of the day, at least 102 rockets struck Israel and 22 were
intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system.
Shortly
after 6 am, Code Red sirens sounded across central and southern Israel:
Rehovot, Rishon LeZion, Modi'in, Ashdod, Lod, Ashkelon, Ramle, and Ben
Gurion Airport. Later, a 16-year-old boy was seriously wounded and a
50-year-old man was lightly injured by a rocket blast in Ashkelon, as
Ashkelon, Ashdod, and Be'er Sheva were targeted by rocket fire. The
teenager tried to hide behind a wall when he failed to reach a fortified
room in time.
Shortly after 4:30pm, Code Red alerts sounded througout the Tel Aviv metropolitan area and in Haifa.
8:25pm: Three rockets fired from Gaza were intercepted by the Iron Dome over the Ashdod area.
9:23pm:
A rocket fired from Gaza hit electricity infrastructure in Israel that
supplied power to Gaza, cutting power to about 70,000 people in Gaza.
The aftermath of a rocket attack on Ashkeon, July 13, 2014
Copyright: GPO/Kobi Gideon
Saturday, July 12
During
the course of the day, at least 129 rockets were fired from Gaza
towards Israel, of which at least 117 rockets struck Israel and 9 were
intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system. The IDF hit 120
terror targets in the Gaza Strip.
At around noon, Code Red alerts
sounded in Ashdod, Ashkelon, the Eshkol Regional Council and Kiryat Gat
in the south, and Nes Tziona Yavne and Rehovot.
Shortly after 1:30pm, Code Red rocket alert sirens were sounded in Be'er Sheva, Dimona and Yeruham.
At around 2pm, a rocket struck the road leading to a house in the southern community of Netivot. Two teenagers were injured.
At 6:07pm, rocket alert sirens were sounded in Rishon Lezion, Ashdod, Nes Ziona, Yavne, Rehovot, Ramle, Lod, and Gan Yavne.
At
around 7pm, rocket alert sirens were sounded in Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh
and the Dead Sea area, as well as in various communities near the Gaza
border. Bethlehem and Hebron were hit by rockets fired from the Gaza
Strip on Saturday night.
After 9pm, 10 rockets were fired at central
Israel in two volleys. Rocket alert sirens were sounded in Tel Aviv,
Ramat Gan, Bnei Brak, Petah Tikva, Herzliya, Rehovot, Yavne, Nes Tziona,
Lod, Ramle, among others.
Friday, July 11
During
the course of the day, more than 140 rockets were fired from Gaza
towards Israel, of which at least 107 rockets struck Israel and 27 were
intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system. The IDF hit 235
terror targets in the Gaza Strip.
At approximately 08:00 a
missile hit an oil truck in a gas station in Ashdod seriously wounding
one person and lightly wounding two others.
During the night an alarm was sounded for the first time in Haifa.
In Be'er Sheva, an 80 year old woman sustained moderate injuries when a
Grad rocket hit her home at around 9pm, detonating the gas cylinders
there. Her home was completely destroyed and two others were damaged.
Rocket hits oil tanker, injures 3 people in Ashdod
Copyright: GPO/Kobi Gideon
Thursday, July 10
Palestinian terrorists in Gaza fired 192 rockets at Israel on
Thursday, July 10. 141 of them hit Israel, and an additional 44 were
intercepted by Iron Dome.The total number of rockets launched since July
7 has reached 681.
Despite continuous missile fire, the border crossings into Gaza
remained opened all day Thursday as well. On Wednesday, 9 July 2014, a
total of 1,228 tons of food, 280,000 liters of fuel and 3 truckloads of
medical supplies were transferred from Israel into the Gaza Strip.
During
the night an alarm was sounded for the first time in Haifa. In a
separate incident, a rocket was fired into Israel from Lebanon, no
casualties or damage were reported.
A woman leaves her car and attempts to shield her two children and find refuge during a rocket attack in Tel Aviv
Copyright: IDF Spokesperson
Wednesday, July 9
82 rockets hit Israel on Wednesday July 9. An additional 21 rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome.
During the day, Iron Dome intercepted three rockets were over
the Tel Aviv metropolitan area (Gush Dan), one over the town of Kiryat
Gat and three over Ashdod. Aorund 7:30 p.m. a rocket hit a building near
a kindergarden in the Sha’ar HaNegev regional council.
Tuesday, July 8
On Tuesday evening, rocket sirens sounded across central Israel including the country’s biggest cities, Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
146 rockets were launched from Gaza. Of these, 117 struck Israel and 29 were intercepted by the Iron Dome system.
In
this 24-hour period, residents of Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, the southern
cities of Be'er Sheva, Ashdod and Ashkelon, communities in southern
Israel, including the city of Sderot, Ofakim, Sha'ar HaNegev, Sdot
Negev, the Eshkol regional council, Merhavim, Kiryat Malachi, Hof
Ashkelon and Be'er Tuvia and cities and towns in central Israel,
including Rehovot, Herzliya, Gadera, Ramat Hasharon, Yavne, Caesarea,
Binyamina, Rishon Lezion, Hadera, Givatiyim, Bat Yam and Holon were
forced to seek shelter after the sirens sounded. The IDF has confirmed
that three rockets hit the Jerusalem hills and one hit the city of
Hadera, which is 100 km (62 miles) away from the Gaza Strip.
There has been property damage, including from fires caused by the rockets and shrapnel.
Due to Israel's extensive civil defense preparations, only minor
injuries were reported. For example, nine civilians were lightly injured
in Ashdod and the surrounding areas.
Monday, July 7
At least 80 rockets were fired at Israel from Gaza on Monday, July 7.
Over 25 rockets fired from the Gaza Strip rained down on
southern Israel Sunday (July 6), striking in the Hof Ashkelon Regional
Council, the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council, and Sderot. This followed
the rocket attacks on Saturday, two of which were fired at Beersheba. At
least 29 other rockets and mortars fired from the Gaza Strip at Israel
over the weekend.
Avihai Jorno inspects the damage to his home in Sderot
hit by a rocket fired from Gaza. (Photo: Reuters)