The Israel Protection Forces introduced Monday that a number of rockets had been fired towards Israel from the Gaza Strip on the one-year anniversary of the Hamas terrorist assault that launched the conflict.
Army officers say the Israeli Air Power “intercepted 5 launches that crossed from the north of the Gaza Strip” into Israel. The Jerusalem Submit reported that two individuals had been calmly injured after being hit with shrapnel.
“Sirens sounded in Israeli communities surrounding Gaza a number of moments in the past,” the IDF wrote on X. “At precisely this time final 12 months, sirens had been sounded throughout Israel, marking the start of Hamas’ October 7 bloodbath.”
The Israeli navy stated previous to the assault, its troops “struck Hamas terror targets and launchers all through the Gaza Strip” as a way to thwart “a direct menace.”
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“A short time in the past, the Israel Air Power (IAF) struck Hamas launch posts and underground terrorist infrastructure,” the IDF added. “Moreover, in a single day, the IAF and IDF artillery struck targets within the central Gaza Strip that posed a menace to IDF troops working within the space.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited a memorial in Jerusalem on Monday for civilians, first responders and troopers killed in Hamas’ assault on Oct. 7, 2023.
“We bear in mind our fallen, our hostages – whom we’re dedicated to return – our heroes who fell in protection of our homeland and nation. We went via a horrible bloodbath a 12 months in the past and we arose as a nation as lions,” he stated.
There are nonetheless 101 hostages who’ve been held in Gaza by Hamas because the begin of the conflict. Thirty-six of them are declared useless and their our bodies are being held by the terrorist group.
Idan Shtivi, a 28-year-old who volunteered to {photograph} the Nova music pageant in southern Israel that Hamas attacked on Oct. 7, was declared useless on Monday.
Idan, an environmental sciences pupil, beloved nature, tenting, and music. He was planning to work within the vitality sector to fight local weather change and be part of an African volunteer program that aids youngsters.
“On October 7, Idan arrived on the Nova Competition within the early morning to doc his associates’ performances and workshops. Nonetheless, he by no means made it inside,” the Hostages and Lacking Households Discussion board stated in an announcement. “When the assault started, Idan helped two strangers he had simply met escape from the location. This selfless selection in the end led to his abduction.”
Fox Information’ Yonat Friling and the Related Press contributed to this report.