A mortar fired from the besieged Gaza Strip hit an Israeli bus in an Israeli community surrounding Gaza, on Monday, critically injuring one Israeli.
According to Hebrew-language news outlets, a mortar was fired from Gaza and directly hit an Israeli bus, critically injuring a 19-year-old Israeli.
BREAKING: Israeli bus hit by rocket launched from #Gaza – #IDF https://t.co/ZLnTG5Qw20 pic.twitter.com/UbPvZWF1Ou
— RT (@RT_com) November 12, 2018
No other injuries were reported yet.
The Israeli army activated the Iron Dome missile defense system intercepting several rockets. In addition, rocket sirens were sounded throughout Israeli communities surrounding Gaza, including Beer Sheva, Ashkelon, and Sderot.
First images of Israeli bus destroyed by Gaza mortar firehttps://t.co/PZsZDohx7M pic.twitter.com/xnZCa3us64
— Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) November 12, 2018
A Ma’an reporter said that Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes across the northern Gaza Strip, targeting a Hamas movement military site.
Israeli warplanes also targeted a group of Palestinian youths by the security border fence along the Gaza border.
#Israel's Iron Dome struggles to intercept the incoming firestorm from #Gaza, #Hamas claims to have launched 100 rockets https://t.co/qA6g6jPCIk pic.twitter.com/5CWQQRXZIn
— RT (@RT_com) November 12, 2018
Israeli media also reported that more than 80 mortar shells were fired towards Israeli areas surrounding Gaza.
On Sunday, Israeli warplanes carried out a campaign of airstrikes across the southern besieged Gaza Strip, killing seven people.
(Ma’an, PC, Social Media)
