(Jerusalem Post) Ariella Marsden - Since Friday, Islamic Jihad fired 1,100 rockets at Israel, 200 of which landed within Gaza. Of the 990 rockets that made it into Israel, 380 were intercepted by the Iron Dome at a 95% success rate. The other 610 landed in the sea and open spaces. Apart from a few people who were lightly injured from debris on Saturday, no Israeli casualties were reported. The Palestinians reported 35 deaths out of which 26 were bystanders. Of the 26, 11 were killed in Israeli airstrikes, and 15 were killed by Islamic Jihad rockets that failed to clear Gaza.
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