Dozens of rockets fired at Israel following deadly airstrikes in Gaza

More than 60 rockets were launched from Gaza towards Israel on Wednesday, a day after Israeli military airstrikes killed three leaders of the Palestinian militant group and 10 other Palestinian men, women and children in Gaza and led to threats of retaliation.

Over half a million Israelis were in or near shelters, the chief spokesman of the Israel Defense Forces, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said just after 2 p.m. local time (7 a.m. ET) on Wednesday.

The rocket fire came after the Israel Defense Forces targeted what they called Islamic Jihad terrorist organization operatives and infrastructure in renewed strikes in Gaza on Wednesday.

The suspects on Wednesday were traveling to a rocket launch site in the city of Khan Younis, the IDF said. The Ministry of Health in Gaza said one person was killed in Wednesday’s attack. It named him as Muhammad Yusuf Saleh Abu Ta’ima, 25, and said he was killed in the bombing east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

A CNN producer in Gaza reported explosions in Khan Younis, Rafah and northern Gaza.

Shortly after, he saw at least six rockets fired from Gaza towards Israel. Sirens warning of incoming rockets sounded in the southern Israeli cities of Sderot and Ashkelon and the Lachish area, all near the Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces said. Sirens later sounded in Tel Aviv, Israel’s main city on the Mediterranean coast, warning of potential incoming rocket fire.