More than 80 rockets in steady stream from Gaza

Hamas broadened its massive rocket blitz Monday night, July 7 – edging further north and east to locales hitherto unscathed, after warning that its response to the deaths of seven operatives in Israeli air strikes would be “unprecedented.”

 
Iron Dome intercepted at least 10 of the scores of rockets aimed at new urban areas – Lachish, Gan Yavneh, Kiryat Malachi, Beer Tuvia and Ashdod. Eleven rockets hit Gan Yavneh alone. The last rocket targeted Rehovot. Sirens sounded in the towns of Modiin, Ness Ziona, Gedera, Beit Shemes and Abu Ghosh indicating the approach of rockets. There was one casualty – a man in Ashdod injured by shrapnel.

 
The IDF Homeland Command has ordered towns and villages up to 40-km from Gaza to open public shelters, including Beersheba and Ashkelon. Closer to the border, dozens of events have been cancelled and summer schools shut down for the emergency.

Read More: More than 80 rockets in steady stream from Gaza to expanded targets. Sirens in Modiin, Rehovot.