
A Gaza rocket directly hit a home in the Sdot Negev Regional council on Wednesday, June 20, as more than 30 rockets were fired into southern Israel since the morning,
Haaretz reported. In response to the recent rocket fire, the Israel Air Force launched several attacks in the northern Gaza Strip. According to the IDF spokesperson, all attacks were successful. The spokesman added that “the terror organization Hamas was responsible for the activity in Gaza” and the rocket fire on the Israeli south during the past two days. A Border Patrol officer was moderately wounded on Tuesday when a rocket hit a residential area in the western Negev. Three other officers were lightly injured. Meanwhile, the Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepted a rocket fired at the town of Netivot for the first time on Wednesday.