Israel launches artillery strikes after dozens of rockets from Gaza

[Jefferson23]

BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Israel launched artillery strikes against the Gaza Strip as a barrage of rockets from the besieged coastal enclave hit southern Israel on Wednesday, with no reported injuries.

An Israeli military spokeswoman told Ma'an that Israeli forces had launched "artillery fire" at two "terror locations in the northern and southern Gaza Strip" on Wednesday afternoon, in response to a volley of rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.

Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad earlier said it had fired 130 rockets into Israel, in response to an Israeli airstrike the day before that killed three Palestinian militants in the coastal enclave.

The al-Quds Brigades, the group's armed wing, claimed responsibility for the operation, which it named "Breaking the Silence."

A spokesman for the al-Quds Brigades said that the group wwas not breaking the truce between Israel and Hamas, but was merely "responding" to Israeli killings of seven Palestinians in the last two days, including three in Gaza on Tuesday.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=681067

[Maedhros]

1. Oh! Now we have "terror locations."

I'm sure the artillery barrage came from "happiness sites."

[Riftaxe]

2. Fortunately the SSMs

Captured on the 5th that were not heading to Gaza according to our resident apologists, were not involved.

[Jefferson23]

3. Who are the resident apologists? n/t