A rocket fired Monday, April 18 at Israel from the Gaza Strip, Palestinian territory under the control of the Islamists of Hamas, was intercepted by the missile defense system, announced the Israeli army.
"Sirens sounded in the area near the Gaza Strip. A rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory and was intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system," the military said. in a press release.
According to an AFP count, this is the first rocket fired from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory since the beginning of last January, which led to Israeli retaliatory strikes on this micro territory. of 2.3 million inhabitants.
This new rocket attack has not been claimed but comes after a series of attacks in Israel, two of which were perpetrated by Palestinians, "counter-terrorism" operations in the occupied West Bank, and a weekend of tension in the holy places in Jerusalem.
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More than 150 Palestinians injured in the esplanade of the Mosques
More than 150 Palestinians were injured on Friday in clashes with Israeli forces at the Jerusalem Mosque compound, the third holiest site in Islam, also considered the first holiest site in Judaism under its name of Temple Mount.
And on Sunday, new clashes broke out in and around this holy place that Jews had gone to visit, which was considered an affront by some Muslims.
And young Palestinians were arrested the same day after throwing stones at Israeli civilian buses near the scene.
Last year, skirmishes in Jerusalem during the same time of year led Hamas to launch salvoes of rockets from Gaza into Israel, which retaliated by bombarding the Palestinian territory, sparking a deadly 11-day war .
With AFP
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