This was reported by the press service of the Israel Defense Forces.

“Air raid sirens sounded in the cities of Yavne and Lachish,” TASS quoted the message as saying.

Earlier, the death toll from Israeli airstrikes in the Palestinian Gaza Strip rose to ten.

Prior to this, Israel announced Operation Dawn against the Islamic Jihad group.

A state of emergency has been declared along the 80-kilometer border between Israel and the enclave.