The Iron Dome air defense system intercepted two rockets fired into Israel from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Tuesday evening, while several other rockets landed in open areas. Israel’s Air Force responded to the barrage later in the evening with attacks on underground rocket launching sites and other terrorist infrastructure in the Strip. Another rocket fired towards Israel from the Strip landed inside the coastal territory instead, killing a three year old Palestinian child and wounding three other people. Tuesday’s events was the largest in a string of cross-border incidents in recent days which have seen over a dozen rockets fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip, prompting retaliatory air strikes. Read More
