(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Israel has been targeted by 774 Palestinian rockets and missiles since the latest round of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip started on November 14, Israel’s Channel 10 says.Qassam Brigades also adopted the bombardment of the Israeli warship in Nusseirat Sea with 107 rockets.Informed Israeli sources reported that the missiles of the Palestinian resistance attacked on Sunday morning, Ashkelon resulted in a number of injuries.Meanwhile the Israeli channel reported that 507 of the missiles and rockets have landed in the occupied territories and the remaining 267 have been intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome system.Palestinian resistance fighters in Gaza continue to fire rockets and missiles into Israel in retaliation for the ongoing attacks that have killed nearly 50 Palestinians since Wednesday.Israel’s Channel 2 also reported that a building was hit by a rocket in the city of Ashkelon on Sunday and one person was injured.The Israeli regime confirmed the death of a resident in Be’er Sheva, the largest city in the Negev desert. Sirens were also heard in Zikim, Beit Mordechai, Sha’ar HaNegev, Ashkelon and Eshkol.On Saturday, Israel deployed the fifth battery of the Iron Dome in the Tel Aviv Metropolitan area -- two months ahead of schedule -- to counter the volleys of rockets fired from Gaza. The system has failed to intercept about two-thirds of the retaliatory rockets.The Tel Aviv regime hopes the new battery, supposed to have higher interception abilities than the previous four systems already in use, will make a change.Reports say Israeli Minister for Military Affairs Ehud Barak may ask the regime to approve a fund of about $190 million for expanding the Iron Dome program.Israeli has authorized the mobilization of up to 75,000 reservists, preparing for a possible ground invasion of Gaza.
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