The patients were brought in a convoy of ambulances to Ramon Airport, situated near Eilat, where they embarked on flights to receive care abroad.

The Israeli Air Force subsequently attacked terrorist targets in Rafah, in the areas from which the missiles were fired towards Kerem Shalom.

Israel thwarted an attempt to smuggle tons of explosives into Hamas-controlled Gaza, thanks to a new, advanced chemicals lab set up recently at the border.

A special shipment of wetsuits, suspected of being shipped to Hamas terrorists, was intercepted Monday at the Kerem Shalom crossing, bordering the Gaza Strip.

Israeli officials caught a shipment of drones intended for use in terror-related activities against Israel.