390 Gaza Rockets Fired At Israel Since Tuesday: Army

An Israeli army spokesman said that a total of 390 rockets had been fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip since the collapse of a temporary ceasefire deal with Palestinian factions on Tuesday.



"Since Hamas ended the ceasefire they have launched 390 rockets indiscriminately at Israel," army spokesman Peter Lerner said on Twitter on Friday.



He said 60 rockets had been intercepted by Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile defense system, while 20 others had fallen to earth inside the Gaza Strip.



Meanwhile, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip had struck and damaged a Jewish synagogue in the southern city of Ashdod.



Violence flared again this week between Israel and Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip following the collapse of indirect, Egypt-hosted talks aimed at reaching a permanent ceasefire deal.



Israel accuses Palestinian factions of violating a temporary ceasefire (which expired on midnight Tuesday) – a claim denied by resistance faction Hamas, which in turn accused the self-proclaimed Jewish state of attempting to derail the talks in Cairo.



Since hostilities began on July 7, at least 2089 Palestinians have been killed – the vast majority of them civilians – and more than 10,000 injured by Israeli attacks across the Gaza Strip.



Over the same period, at least 67 Israelis – 64 soldiers and three civilians – have been killed, according to Israeli figures.



By Abdel-Raouf Arnaout



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