

The IAF struck targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday after communities in the western Negev came under heavy rocket fire throughout the day. The IAF struck targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday after communities in the western Negev came under heavy rocket fire throughout the day. More than 30 rockets pounded southern Israeli communities on Monday, with one Grad rocket reaching as far as Beersheba. The Eshkol and Sha'ar Hanegev areas were heavily hit by rocket fire on Thursday morning and afternoon. More than 30 rockets pounded southern Israeli communities on Monday, with one Grad rocket reaching as far as Beersheba. The Eshkol and Sha'ar Hanegev areas were heavily hit by rocket fire on Thursday morning and afternoon. The Security Cabinet met on Monday to discuss possible responses to the continued projectile fire from Gaza which has seen some 150 rockets hit Israel's southern communities in recent weeks. The Security Cabinet met on Monday to discuss possible responses to the continued projectile fire from Gaza which has seen some 150 rockets hit Israel's southern communities in recent weeks. Israeli soldiers from the armoured corps celebrate their return to Israel after pulling out of Gaza (Photograph: REUTERS) Israeli soldiers arrive at a staging area near the border with Gaza Strip (Photograph: REUTERS) Remains of rocket in Jerusalem (Photograph: NATAN SHAKED) An Israeli tank drives as it returns to Israel from the Gaza Strip (Photograph: REUTERS) An Israeli soldier launches a Skylark unmanned aerial vehicle near the border with Gaza Strip (Photograph: REUTERS) Israeli soldiers walk past tanks at a staging area near the border with Gaza Strip (Photograph: REUTERS) Israeli soldiers walk towards the border with Gaza Strip (Photograph: REUTERS) Israeli soldiers from the Givati brigade return to Israel from Gaza (Photograph: REUTERS) Israeli soldiers ride a tank after returning to Israel from Gaza (Photograph: REUTERS) The The

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Earlier, on Sunday night, the IAF struck a terrorist cell in central Gaza which was in the process of carrying out a rocket attack on Israel, the IDF said. Two terrorists were killed in that strike.

IAF struck 14 targets in Gaza overnightin two waves of air strikes. Nine terrorists - including seven Hamas operatives who were in a tunnel in Rafah - were killed.Hamas claimed that the terror operatives were all killed in the air strikes, however, a senior IDF source on Monday said that the seven Hamas members in the tunnel died as a result of explosives they planted in an underground assault tunnel aimed at an IDF target."This was designed to enable a significant terror attack," the source said. "In recent days, we have operated in this area, and we will continue to act against the threat of tunnels in the coming days," he added.The seven Hamas members did not die as a result of an Israeli air strike, the source explained. The tunnel was found by the army a few days ago.In the second wave of strikes, launched a few hours later, five underground rocket launchers were bombed in Gaza.