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Tel Aviv Enters Third Day of Airstrikes From Palestine

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Air raid sirens went off in Tel Aviv on Thursday morning for the third day in a row, sending the city’s 400,000 residents to bomb shelters.

TEL AVIV, July 10 (RIA Novosti) – Air raid sirens went off in Tel Aviv on Thursday morning for the third day in a row, sending the city’s 400,000 residents to bomb shelters.

After the alarms the sounds of two explosions were heard, usually indicating that the Palestinian missiles either detonated on the ground or were intercepted. Israeli military and police have not yet reported about the results of the latest attempt by Palestinian militants to attack Tel Aviv.

Until now all the missiles heading toward the city were shot down by Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system. Since Tuesday, when Israel started a military operation against the militants of the Gaza Strip, 255 rockets landed on Israeli territory, while 67 were intercepted. No casualties or serious damages were reported.

The Israel Defense Forces launched the operation “Protective Edge,” its first military campaign since November 2012, in response to continued air attacks carried out by Palestinian militants. So far the operation has been limited to distant air and naval strikes, although Tel Aviv has said a land campaign is possible and has called up 40,000 personnel from its military reserve force.

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