In the background the Israeli Iron Dome missile defence system tries to intercept rockets fired by Hamas towards southern Israel from Beit the Gaza Strip, and on foreground tens of other rockets fired while the Iron Dome is busy with the first rockets, as seen in the sky above the Gaza Strip overnight on May 16, 2021. / AFP / ANAS BABA
Hours after U.S. President Joe Biden had flown from Israel to Saudi Arabia on a Middle East trip aimed at strengthening Israel’s integration into the region, Israeli fighter planes attacked Gaza on Saturday in response to rocket launches.
According to the Israeli military, it attacked a Hamas-run rocket production facility in the center of the blockaded Gaza Strip. Hamas is an Islamist terrorist organization.
Witnesses said the site is used as a training camp.
Sirens sounded in southern Israel on two occasions early on Saturday, warning of incoming rocket fire.
One rocket was intercepted and three projectiles landed in open spaces, the military said.
No group claimed responsibility for the launches.
