The first time since 1991 on Thursday night in Tel Aviv air triggered alarm. Residents of the city heard a muffled explosion. The TV people were seen, which had burnt out on sidewalks and in parks for protection, flat on the floor.
Just before the alarm a rocket from the Gaza Strip was taken about twelve kilometers south of the center of the Mediterranean city. A military spokesman, however, said that there were no impacts on the ground and no casualties. Israeli television reported that two stories were landed in an open field near the town Rishon Lezion south of Tel Avi. According to the Israeli military, a second rocket Tel Aviv has not been reached, but had fallen into the sea.
The impact point of the first rocket was about twelve miles from the center of Tel Aviv and 50 kilometers north of the Gaza Strip. The projectile fired by Palestinian militants have taken an open field next to the city Rishon Lezion south of Tel Aviv, confirmed a spokeswoman for the Israeli military. Thus, in the clashes between struck Israel and Hamas a rocket near the city.
The whole area is very densely populated and southern suburbs of Tel Aviv as Holon are only about three kilometers from the impact site. About rockets hit so far north of the Gaza Strip so far nothing was known.
Since Wednesday afternoon, Israel's air force has flown claims to be about 150 attacks on the Gaza Strip. It was according to Palestinian sources, until Thursday afternoon killed at least 15 Palestinians, including two children and a pregnant woman. At least 150 Palestinians were injured. The Israeli army had since the beginning of the offensive "pillar of defense" attacked almost 230 targets from the air and from the sea, with a spokeswoman told in Tel Aviv.
But Hamas continued its attacks: The radical Islamists fired at least 245 rockets into Israel. About a third of the bullets was intercepted by the missile. Nevertheless, there were three deaths.
Thousands of Palestinians gathered in Gaza to the on Wednesday killed by Israel of Hamas military chief Ahmed al-Dschabari to give their last respects. Armed men fired volleys into the air, Israel mourners vowed revenge as they carried Dschabaris corpse through the streets of Gaza. "We will not abandon the resistance," vowed Dschabaris 20 year old son Muas. His father's death will destroy the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, no. "We will continue to carry guns and follow his message."
The Qassam Brigades identified the targeted killing Dschabaris as a "declaration of war" and announced massive revenge. The Hamas leadership ruled out a ceasefire agreement with Israel at the present time. "We will not expose other tricks of the occupation," spokesman Sami Abu Suhri told a news conference in Gaza. "We consider talks on a ceasefire at the moment in an attempt to get more coverage for the continuation of the escalation in the Gaza Strip." Suhri have accused Israel, "an open war against our people and our resistance in the Gaza Strip" to begin.
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