Bolstering Iron Dome, IDF threatens harsh response to Gaza rockets
Security cabinet meets after south battered by multiple barrages overnight and Jerusalem clashes resume; army chief cancels U.S. trip to monitor situation; 'I have ordered preparations for any scenario,' says Netanyahu
Yoav Zitun, Itamar Eichner |
Updated: 04.24.21 , 20:02
The IDF decided Saturday to reinforce the Iron Dome missile defense system located across southern Israel, after the communities close to the Gaza Strip border were pounded by dozens of rockets from the Palestinian enclave overnight.
A source in Jerusalem, meanwhile, warned that "Israel will respond severely to rocket fire from Gaza."