Hundreds of intelligence-based air strikes don't receive green light due to risk to Gazan noncombatants; senior security officer says terror group has sustained ''significant blow.''
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.
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.