“Hamas is the new ISIS,” said one resident of Ashkelon
Sometimes in Ashkelon, it seems the alarm sirens won’t go off.
Rami Safon has learned to take them all seriously, reports BBC.
“There were about 10 sirens so I decided to leave our safe room for a coffee, but my wife pulled me back,” reports BBC.
The rocket then hit their sixth-floor apartment, tearing a hole in the balcony and shattering the glass from the front picture window to the back kitchen cabinet.
Rocket fire from nearby Gaza is random and indiscriminate. Rami’s apartment is the only blight in this cluster of modern skyscrapers in the Ashkelon district
We have nowhere to go: The director of a hospital in Gaza has been ordered to evacuate
Hams says the hospital is “purely civilian” and the only open medical facility in the area to treat civilians injured in Israeli strikes, reports BBC.
Rafah is located on Gaza’s southern border with Egypt. Other hospitals are located in other parts of southern Gaza.
Israel has ordered the evacuation of a hospital in southern Gaza
Israel has ordered the evacuation of its only hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, it said on social media.
The Israeli military ordered all residents of the northern part of the Palestinian territory to leave their homes and move south, but continued to attack targets in the southern Strip, reports BBC.
Summary of the afternoon as the crisis in Gaza deepens
The Israeli military says it is preparing to “destroy” Hamas with tanks and troops ahead of an expected ground offensive in Gaza.
Residents in the north of the territory have been ordered to move south, with Israel saying it will allow safe passage for a limited time.
Sirens sound in Tel Aviv as airstrikes continue in Gaza
Israel continues to bombard Gaza with its heaviest ever.
However, during the night, Palestinian militants continued to fire rockets – some even reaching Tel Aviv.
It appears that the expected ground attack by the Israeli forces has not yet begun, reports BBC.
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