Israel Launches Strikes Across Gaza After Day of Rocket Fire
- Netanyahu vows to ‘respond forcefully’ after a home is hit
- Troops redeployed, reservists called up, bomb shelters opened
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Israel carried out dozens of airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Monday evening, following a tense day that began with a rocket attack on a home in central Israel and a counterstrike that reduced the office of Hamas’s leader to ruins.
Amid the escalation, both sides made preparations for the possibility of a broader confrontation. Israel moved troops closer to its southern border and declared closed military zones near Gaza. Reserves were called up, additional Iron Dome missile-defense batteries were deployed and bomb shelters were opened, including in Tel Aviv.