According to Al Jazeera local time reported on the 14th, the Israeli Defense Ministry said early in the morning, the Israeli army used about 160 warplanes fired 450 missiles and artillery shells, in about 40 minutes attacked about 150 targets in the Gaza Strip. Heavy Israeli air strikes have not only damaged the local electricity network, but also destroyed many shops and cut off access to the al-Rimal neighbourhood west of the Gaza Strip.
On the other hand, the Qassam Brigades, an armed wing of Hamas, said it had bombed bases in Tel Aviv, Bir sheba, Nativat, Nov and Navatim with dozens of missiles on the morning of the 13th and 14th local time.
The Israeli army also acknowledged that the Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip have fired about 2,000 rockets, including about 190 rockets fired on the evening of the 13th local time, killing nine Israelis and wounding 130 others.