Israel strike Gaza after an attack near PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s event

Jerusalem: Israeli military aircraft carried out strikes in Gaza Thursday, hours after rocket fire toward Ashkelon city forced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cancel a campaign event and take cover.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said warplanes and helicopters struck several targets belonging to the Hamas terror group, “including the group’s military complexes”, adding that the strikes were in response to Wednesday’s rocket fire, reports The Times of Israel.

There were no immediate reports of casualties from Gazan authorities as the sites were empty. On Wednesday night, Palestinian terrorists broke a period of relative calm surrounding Gaza, firing a single rocket toward Ashkelon. The projectile was shot down by Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, the IDF said. Netanyahu was in the middle of a campaign event in Ashkelon at the time and was forced to evacuate to a bomb shelter along with the dozens of supporters in the room. (IANS)

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