Israeli aircraft carried out a new wave of airstrikes against targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as militants fired rockets at the Jewish state, …
Israeli aircraft carried out a new wave of airstrikes against targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as militants fired rockets at the Jewish state, targeting its northern border with the projectile and a drone, which the military said may have been launched from a neighboring country. The Israeli strikes leveled a six-story building that housed libraries and educational centers belonging to the Islamic University, leaving behind a massive mound of debris. There were no reports of casualties after the Israel Defense Forces warned the building’s residents ahead of time, sending them fleeing into the predawn darkness. “The whole street started running, then destruction, an earthquake,” said Jamal Herzallah, a resident of the area. “This whole area was shaking.” The latest round of hostilities came as general strikes were held Tuesday in East Jerusalem, Arab towns within Israel and in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, with posts on social media urging solidarity “from the sea to the river,” according to Reuters. Brig. Gen. Hidai Zilberman, the IDF’s chief spokesman, said the military was continuing to operate in Gaza in accordance with a target list for the next 24 hours. “The IDF is not talking about a ceasefire. We’re focused on the firing,” he told Army Radio, Haaretz reported. Meanwhile, Israel also came under attack along its border with Lebanon, from where six rockets were fired but apparently fell short of the border, The Times of Israel reported. The IDF, which ordered several communities within 2.5 miles of the border to open bomb shelters, responded with artillery fire. No injuries were reported. A Lebanese military source confirmed to Agence France-Presse that several Grad-type rockets had been fired from the Shebaa Farms area in southern Lebanon.
