IDF strikes Gaza targets after firing of rocket toward Israel
Israel Air Force strikes four targets in southern Gaza Strip in pre-dawn attack.
IDF aircraft struck four targets in the southern Gaza Strip before dawn on Wednesday, after a rocket was fired from the Strip into an area near Gan Yavne on Tuesday evening.
The Israel Defense Forces issued a short statement stating it had targeted and hit militant infrastructure targets in the southern Gaza Strip, in response to the rocketfire at Israeli territory.
The statement concluded by placing responsibility for the firing of the rocket on Hamas.
Sirens sounded
At least one projectile was fired from Gaza and exploded in an open area near the port city of Ashdod, some 20 kilometers north of the Gaza Strip.
No damage was reported, but medical services said a 15-year-old girl from Ashdod arrived at the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon suffering from shock.
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