Rockets from Gaza

High voltage lines supplying electricity to communities in the central Israeli lowlands and in the southern region were damaged by rocket fire. They were repaired, under fire, by Israel Electric Co. technicians.

Netanyahu called PIJ terror commander Baha Abu Ata a “ticking time bomb” and said his assassination had been approved by Israel’s Security Cabinet 10 days prior.

Firefighters worked to put out the fire before it could cause too much damage.

Earlier in the morning, the IDF Home Command, released an unusual statement cancelling not just school in Tel Aviv, but also work.

The IDF is apparently expecting an attack on Tel Aviv today. Rocket Alerts at 7:59 AM.

No property damage and no injuries were reported.

“Two launches from the Gaza Strip were identified that did not cross into Israel,” the IDF Spokesperson said.

This group is the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees terror group in Gaza, and like Hamas and PIJ, is funded and equipped by Iran.

More than 400 rockets from Gaza aimed at civilian targets in mid-November 2018, wounding 55 Israelis. Two were killed.

Hundreds of people were sent racing for cover in southern Israel when the Red Alert siren activated.

Seven residents in the enclave were wounded when two of the three rockets that were launched exploded instead outside a private home in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.

A Red Alert incoming rocket siren was activated solely in limited areas and in open spaces due to the launch, as required.

Hamas has been working to accelerate the rockets’ flight speed, the fire rate and extend their range with the intent of overcoming Israel’s Iron Dome Defense system.

Security personnel said they were checking to see the accuracy of the alert.

Earlier in the day, three rockets landed in different parts of southern Israel.

The Red Alert siren sounded in he Ashkelon Coast Regional Council's southern industrial zone at around 7:00 pm.

Gaza's children are happily skipping off to school, and Israeli children are racing off to bomb shelters.

Residents in Yad Mordechai and Netiv Ha'Asara had fewer than 15 seconds within which to reach a bomb shelter or other safe space.

The rocket fire targeted the port city of Ashdod during the time that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was there speaking at a Likud event.

The prime minister – a veteran of the elite IDF Sayeret Matkal commando brigade – had no intention of leaving the scene and instead kept telling others to "evacuate quietly, calm down."

Hamas has reportedly cleared all of its headquarters for fear of an Israeli response to the attack, according to Arab media.

“Municipal teams are in the field and working to implement city directives in these next few minutes.”

Security personnel are investigating.

The launches triggered the Red Alert incoming rocket warning sirens in open fields in the Eshkol Regional Council district where the impact was expected.

Two women in Sderot were treated for trauma-related shock following the attack.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu subsequently called a meeting of the Political-Security Cabinet to discuss the escalation on the northern and southern borders.

Hundreds of families were sent racing for cover as rockets exploded over a concert being held in the city of Sderot.

The Gazans launched 2 rockets at Israel overnight.

“Our resilience is not a blank check and I will not agree to allowing this to become our reality.”

The Israel Defense Forces attacked two Hamas terrorist “underground infrastructures” in Gaza in response to the rocketfire aimed at Sderot late Friday evening.