Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) have launched attacks inside Gaza following dozens of rocket attacks by Palestinian Terrorists hit inside Israel, wounding 16 people. Israel is acting to defend itself against Islamic Radicals who continue to launch attacks against Israeli targets. The attacks were launched, reportedly, by a mix of Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists.
The IDF struck targets in Gaza on Tuesday night after at least 32 rockets and mortars were fired from the Gaza Strip toward southern Israel throughout the day with two rockets even hitting Sderot and wounding at least 12 civilians.
A senior security official said that there would be additional responses from the IDF.
The first round of rockets started just hours after Palestinian Islamic Jihad official Khader Adnan died following a three-month-long hunger strike against his being held in administrative detention. Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad both took responsibility for the rocket fire.
Of the first three rockets, fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad on Tuesday morning, all landed in open areas near the Gaza border. During that round of rockets, the IDF decided that there was no need to activate the Iron Dome missile defense batteries.
The IDF then responded with tank fire on one Hamas military position, a relatively light reaction.
Later Tuesday afternoon, another 22 rockets were fired, this time by a mix of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad, causing sirens to go off in Sderot, Nir Am, Sde Avraham, Erez and some other towns.
Four rockets were intercepted and 16 landed in open fields, but two struck urban areas, according to the IDF. . . .
JERUSALEM POST