Shabbat of fire: rockets in the south; riots in Jerusalem

A tense Shabbos in Jerusalem and the South: riots took place in Judea and Samaria, rockets were fired in the south.

On Friday night, a rocket was launched from the Gaza Strip at Sderot, a 40 year old woman was lightly injured from anxiety. Later, a Grad rocket was fired at Ashkelon and was intercepted.

On Friday night at 20:40, while Israelis were having the Shabbat meal, an alarm pierced the Sderot area following the detection of a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip. The rocket exploded and damaged a parked bus.

At the Barzilai Medical Center a 40-year-old woman from Sderot who suffered from chest pains and ringing in the ears due to the missile close to her, arrived. She was treated in the emergency room.

Two hours later, at 23:31 an alarm went off around Ashkelon, a Grad rocket was launched toward the city. The Iron Dome system which was not required to act since the end of Operation Solid Rock - 13 months, intercepted a Grad and residents of the city are safe.

A Salafist group called the "company of Sheikh Omar Hadid in Jerusalem", based in the Gaza Strip, claimed responsibility for the Grad rocket at Ashkelon. Regarding the shooting at Sderot, no one has yet taken responsibility.

In response, the Israeli Air Force attacked terrorist infrastructure in northern Gaza.

"The IDF will not tolerate terrorist fire at Israeli territory and will continue to act severely against any attempt to disturb the peace of the southern towns. Hamas terrorist organization is in control and has the responsibility ".

Disturbances
There have been riots in Jerusalem too. Violations were recorded especially in the Shuafat refugee camp north of the capital and in the neighborhoods of A-Tur and Issawiya.

Dozens of youths, some masked, threw stones and Molotov cocktails at Border Police officers who worked there. The fighters used riot control equipment and arrested about 18 young Palestinian residents of Hebron.

AT Jabal Mukaber stone-throwing youths rioted and threw Molotov cocktails at police and Border Guard officers.

At Border Guard officers who arrived to stop the Molotov cocktail throwers, more cocktails were thrown which entered the van and three soldiers were wounded, one moderately and two lightly. Two were arrested.

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