more than two thousand rockets were released by Palestinian groups from the Gaza Sector in Israeli territory. This was reported by the press service of the Israel Defense Army, RIA Novosti reports.
The military clarified that about a thousand rockets was intercepted by the Iron Dome Anti-missile defense system. About 350 rockets fell in the Gaza Strip itself, not affiliated to the territory of the Jewish state.
Earlier it became known that the Israeli Armed Forces took the largest attack on the territory of the Palestinian Anklav: 150 aircraft were beaten for 40 minutes by targets in the Gaza Strip, ground parts were also involved in the operation, but did not enter the Palestinian territory.
From May 10, the Israeli army and Palestinian radicals in the Gaza Strip do not stop the exchange of rocket blows. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed that the operation will last as much as it takes.