Sunday, December 17, 2023

Live updates: Rocket fire on southern Israel continues as war enters 11th week

The war against Hamas in Gaza entered its eleventh week on Saturday, more than two months after Hamas massacred over 1,200 people in southern Israel and took 240 hostages on the morning of October 7, Simchat Torah.

On Friday at about 5 pm, shortly after the start of Shabbat, Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip launched a rocket barrage at the Israeli capital of Jerusalem for the first time since October. Residents reported hearing multiple explosions as six rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome Missile Defense system.

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