Apr 19, 2024. Posted by Periscope - Hellas
Fragments of a missile fell in southern Israel on Friday after it was launched to intercept a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, according to Israeli media.
Israeli
Army Radio said fragments of the interceptor missile fell in the city of Sderot,
causing material damage but no injuries.
The radio
had earlier reported that sirens sounded in Sderot and the surrounding area.
Israel has
waged a deadly military offensive on the Gaza Strip since a
cross-border attack last Oct. 7 by the Palestinian group Hamas in which some
1,200 people were killed.
More than
34,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, have since been
killed in Gaza, and over 76,800 others have been injured amid mass destruction
and shortages of necessities.
The Israeli
war has pushed 85% of Gaza's population into internal displacement amid
acute shortages of food, clean water, and medicine, while 60% of the enclave's
infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed, according to the UN.
Israel
stands accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice. An interim
ruling in January ordered Tel Aviv to stop genocidal acts and take measures to
guarantee that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza.
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