The IDF issued an evacuation warning for Palestinians in and around Gaza City, where the projectiles were fired from, before it carried out strikes in the area. The IDF later said it struck a terror operative behind the rocket fire who was spotted at the launch site. The IDF added that it also hit a building in the area used to set off the launches and two other nearby rocket launching sites.
Meanwhile, Hamas threatened that the hostages would return “in coffins” should Israel continue air strikes and ground operations in the Strip. “Every time the occupation attempts to retrieve its captives by force, it ends up bringing them back in coffins,” it said in a statement. The group claimed they are “doing everything possible to keep the occupation’s captives alive, but the random Zionistbombardment is endangering their lives.” (Read More)
