After dozens of rockets were fired from the blockaded enclave, the Israeli army stated Saturday that a “number of terrorists have infiltrated” Israel.
“Residents in the area surrounding the Gaza Strip have been asked to stay in their homes,” the army said in a statement.
The army also stated that fighting is ongoing in ‘certain locations’ in Israel near Gaza.
According to the army, Israeli forces were fighting Palestinian terrorists on the ground in multiple areas throughout the Gaza Strip on Saturday, following barrages of rockets fired from the enclave into Israeli territory.
“It was a combined ground raid which happened through paragliders, through the sea and through the ground,” army spokesman Richard Hecht told reporters.
“Right now we’re fighting. We’re fighting in certain locations around the Gaza Strip… our forces are now fighting on the ground.”