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Israel strikes Hamas sites after Gaza rocket intercepted

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Published: 4 August 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Rocket was intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defence system; IDF says it ambushed cell planting bombs on Syrian border, killing four terrorists

Israel strikes Hamas sites after Gaza rocket intercepted (Haaretz)
Rocket sirens had gone off in southern Israel and the rocket was intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defence system

IDF says it ambushed cell planting bombs on Syrian border, killing four terrorists (Times of Israel)
Incident comes as military braces for attack by Hezbollah, which is seeking revenge for a fighter killed in an airstrike attributed to Israel

Is IED incident a dangerous escalation on southern Golan? (Jerusalem Post)
Israel says it holds the Syrian regime responsible. This forms part of a wider context of two years of tensions along the Golan

Photo: A car that was hit by shrapnel after the rocket interception in Sderot, southern Israel, August 2 (Haaretz)
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