The IDF deployed two Iron Dome defense batteries near the cities of Beersheba and Ashdod
Thursday night amid growing tensions in the country’s south, as rocket fire from the Gaza Strip
persisted even after a ceasefire was declared between Jerusalem and Islamic Jihad.

Earlier Thursday, an emergency air defense reservists call-up was issued by the IDF.
Thursday night amid growing tensions in the country’s south, as rocket fire from the Gaza Strip
persisted even after a ceasefire was declared between Jerusalem and Islamic Jihad.
Two Israeli soldiers stand near an Iron Dome battery near the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon on March 13, 2014. (photo credit:AFP/DAVID BUIMOVITCH)
Earlier Thursday, an emergency air defense reservists call-up was issued by the IDF.