Israel responded by striking several missile launch sites and two Hamas "terrorist structures".
One of the rockets of Hamas militants hit a fuel tank in the port of Ashdod, causing a powerful explosion and fire, while Israeli fighters struck on Saturday, May 15, an attack on a facility belonging to Hamas military intelligence.
Thus, The Times of Israel reports that a rocket that fell in the port of Ashdod hit a fuel tank, causing a powerful explosion and causing a huge flame into the night sky. There were no reports of casualties.
Palestinian radicals from the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning also renewed rocket attacks on the major city of Beersheba in southern Israel.
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Hamas fired 200 rockets at Israel overnight
The Iron Dome system managed to intercept half of them - those that were directed to densely populated areas.
On the night of Saturday 15 May, about 200 rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip. It was announced by the Israel Defense Forces, The Times of Israel reports.
It is noted that half of them were intercepted, another 30 did not reach and fell on the territory of the Gaza Strip.
According to the military, the missile defense system shoots down only those missiles that are aimed at densely populated areas.
So we can't calculate all missed rockets as system failure.
Some footage from last night.
Залпов ХАМАСа стало в разы меньше, если сравнивать с прошлыми днями.
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Currently IDF artillery keeps shelling Gaza
Quoted:
Telegram has closed several channels of the ultra-right Israeli movement "La Familia" due to violations of the rules established by the TG. This is good news, but for some reason a dozen of Hamas TV channels, which I constantly follow, continue to operate normally, spread fake news and incite the murder of Jews. @durov
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⚡️ Air-raid sirens are heard in Tel Aviv, our correspondent reports - TASS
The military wing of Hamas announced that it had fired a barrage at Tel Aviv in response to last night's attack on the a-Shati camp.
Quite a few interceptions in the Rishon LeZion area and the surrounding area.