Shortly after 9 p.m., incoming rocket sirens sounded in the towns of Kissufin, Ein HaShlosha and Nirim, near the Gaza border, as a rocket was fired from the Strip. The Israel Defense Forces initially said it was unclear whether the Iron Dome system successfully intercepted the incoming missile, but in a later statement confirmed that it did. Medical officials said there were no reports of injuries following the rocket attack. About an hour later, three more rockets were fired from Gaza into southern Israel, but fell in the Strip, the military said. Get The Times of Israel Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories By signing up, you agree to the terms Incoming rocket sirens did not sound in Israel as the rockets were expected to land in uninhabited areas, but an alert was triggered near a northern Gaza border town on the Home Front Command mobile app. The rocket fire came hours after a member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad was killed during an Israeli military operation in the West Bank city of Jenin. The Gaza-based PIJ identified Farouk Salameh as the terror group’s “commander”. In a joint statement, the IDF and Border Police said Salameh was involved in the killing of a veteran police commando earlier this year and was planning further attacks. However, there was no immediate claim from any of the Gaza-based terrorist groups for the rocket launch. In the past, Israel has responded with airstrikes against Hamas sites, regardless of which group launched the attack. More rarely, it has turned its response to Islamic Jihad if the terrorist group has claimed responsibility. The last time rockets were fired from the coastal enclave into Israel was during a three-day battle against Islamic Jihad in August, during which it fired about 1,175 rockets. Tensions have soared in the West Bank recently as the IDF pressed ahead with a counter-terrorist offensive focused mainly on the northern West Bank. He has made more than 2,000 arrests in almost nightly raids. It has also left more than 125 Palestinians dead, many of them—but not all—while carrying out attacks or during clashes with security forces. The IDF’s counter-terror offensive in the West Bank was launched after a series of Palestinian attacks that killed 19 people earlier this year. An Israeli man was killed in an attack in Hebron on Saturday, another woman was killed in a suspected attack in September and four soldiers were killed in the West Bank in attacks and during arrest operations. You are a devoted reader We are really glad that you read X Times of Israel articles last month. That’s why we started the Times of Israel ten years ago – to provide discerning readers like you with must-read coverage of Israel and the Jewish world. So now we have a request. Unlike other media, we have not set up a paywall. But because the journalism we do is expensive, we invite readers to whom The Times of Israel has become important to help support our work by joining The Times of Israel Community. For just $6 a month you can support our quality journalism by enjoying Times of Israel ADS-FREE, as well as access to exclusive content available only to members of the Times of Israel Community. Thank you, David Horowitz, founding editor of the Times of Israel Join our community Join our community Already a member? Sign in to stop seeing this
