By IANS,
Tel Aviv : Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that Israel would continue to strike at any group trying to attack Israeli citizens.
“We will continue to hit whoever plans to attack citizens of the State of Israel,” Netanyahu said while meeting with regional council heads in the south, where over 100 rockets from Gaza have fallen since Friday.
“At the same time, we will continue to improve home front defense including by means of additional Iron Dome systems, the effectiveness of which was shown again over the weekend,” he added.
The Iron Dome system intercepted 27 of the 29 rockets it targeted. The missile defense system is designed to only intercept rockets identified as heading toward populated areas, reported Xinhua.
Also Saturday, Palestinians said that an Israeli air strike killed two people riding on a motorcycle in Gaza’s Khan Younis, bringing the total number of militants reportedly killed to 14.
On Friday afternoon, an Israeli Air Force strike in Gaza killed the leader of the Popular Resistance Committee (PRC), Zuhair al-Qaisi, who was believed to be planning a large terror attack on Israel’s southern border.