Move comes days after two rockets shake the Red Sea resort city, apparently fired from the Sinai Peninsula; IDF spokesmen says deployment is part of national plan to test anti-rocket system around the country.
Israeli President Shimon Peres drew criticism from across the political spectrum, after claiming Israel “cannot go it alone” in striking Iran, in an interview on Thursday.
Residents of Kibbutz Kerem Shalom told to stay in their homes; Palestinians report exchanges of fire between Israel, Palestinians; Gaza sources report at least 11 policemen killed in attack on police station in Sinai near Egypt-Israel border.
Knesset speaker Reuven Rivlin said calls to draft Israeli Arabs into the army were “hypocrisy,” citing uneven funding of Israel’s Jewish and Arab sectors.
