May 12. (EUROPE PRESS) –
Air alarms have gone off in various areas around Jerusalem after several projectiles were fired from the Gaza Strip, hours after a new bombardment by Israel as part of its operation ‘Shield and Sword’, which has so far left more than 30 Palestinians dead, including several senior Islamic Jihad officials.
“The sirens are sounding in the area around Jerusalem,” the Israeli Army said through its account on the social network Twitter, adding that the alarms have also gone off in towns around the Gaza Strip, For now there is no information about victims.
According to information collected by the Israeli newspaper ‘The Times of Israel’, one of the projectiles has hit a greenhouse in the Eshkol regional council, while several of the rockets have been intercepted by the ‘Iron Dome’ air defense system ‘.
The new launch of projectiles comes after a night of calm and hours after the Israeli Army carried out bombardments against “military posts” and “rocket launchers” of Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, with no information on casualties for the moment. in the Palestinian enclave.
The ‘Shield and Sword’ operation has so far left 31 Palestinians dead, including several senior Islamic Jihad officials and six minors, as well as more than 100 wounded -including more than 30 children-, according to the latest data. provided through his account on the social network Facebook by the Ministry of Health of the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas).