Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket on Friday, the military said.
The projectile struck an open area near Kibbutz Be’eri, causing no injuries or damage. In accordance with standard protocol, the attack triggered air-raid sirens.
On Wednesday, a rocket fired from Gaza triggered sirens in the Israeli border community of Kibbutz Nirim before striking an open area.
The previous evening, Palestinian terrorists launched two rockets from the southern Gaza Strip toward Israel. Both projectiles hit in open areas, causing no injuries or damage.
On Sunday evening, Gazan terrorists launched one projectile at Israel. The attack triggered air-raid sirens in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Moshav Ein HaBesor and Kibbutz Magen, the IDF Home Front Command said.
The rocket attacks come amid continued IDF ground operations across the Strip as part of “Gideon’s Chariots,” a campaign to dismantle Hamas’s remaining military capabilities, take control of key areas in Gaza, and securing the release of the remaining 53 captives.
The IDF on Friday said it had killed a senior member of the Mujahideen Brigades (“Kataeb al-Mujahideen”), Ali Saadi Wasfi al-Agha, in central Gaza. He was responsible for burying in captivity Gadi Haggai and Judy Lynn Weinstein-Haggai, a couple whose remains have since been returned to Israel.
The terrorist was killed on Monday in a joint operation conducted by the IDF and the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet), the military said.
Al-Agha served as the military commander of the Mujahideen Brigades’ southern Gaza unit and was expected to succeed the former head of the group, Asaad Abu Sharia, eliminated in an Israeli strike earlier this month.
The military further stated that the slain terrorist also directed and promoted terror activities, under Iranian guidance, with operatives in Judea and Samaria and inside Israel.
The army added that the IDF Southern Command directed more than 300 attacks across the Gaza Strip over the past week.
