Commenting on the rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip towards Ashkelon last night, IDF spokesman Ran Kokhav said: “We don’t know who fired the rockets, and it doesn’t matter, and our job is to protect Israel.”

He pointed out: “We hold Hamas responsible for everything that happens in the Gaza Strip, and any rocket fire will be widely answered”, explaining: “We consider the rocket attacks on Ashkelon or the Gaza Strip to be a dangerous issue, and in response we attacked a very large an object.” Underground, it was used as a rocket factory.

Kochav pointed out that “the Israeli Air Force attacks these types of targets when there is a suitable opportunity to do so.”

Regarding the failure of the Israeli army to strike a Hamas watchtower in the northern Gaza Strip, he stated: “We choose our targets according to the assessment of the situation, and I believe that the Israeli army has struck with 16 tons of bombs and will continue to deal with an unimportant piece of tin.”

It is noteworthy that 4 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip, in the first hour of Saturday, the Israeli army announced that it intercepted one of them, and the other fell in the open.