Ashdod hit with barrage of rockets in afternoon -Iron Dome intercepts 4, eight-year-old lightly injured; part of Ashkelon Coast Regional Council turned into closed military zone.
Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Ron Prosor, played an air raid siren from a cell phone during a UN Security Council session on Thursday in order to highlight Israel’s plight as a nation under fire from Gaza rockets.
At the end of Operation Protective Edge's third day, PM states campaign to continue, expand; premier gives no indication of when, whether IDF will send ground troops in to Gaza Strip.
The Iron Dome defense system has shot down more than 70 rockets since Israel’s ‘Operation Protective Edge’ began early on Tuesday morning, limiting injuries among Israelis.