At least four rockets were fired into Israel from the Gaza Strip shortly after midnight on Saturday, the Israeli military said, as President Joe Biden remained in the area. The Israel Defense Forces confirmed the rocket attack in a series of tweets, including a video showing the moment the IDF’s anti-missile defense system fired a rocket out of the air. “Sirens are sounding in southern Israel,” read an early tweet. Fires are seen after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on July 16, 2022. – Israeli warplanes hit a weapons manufacturing facility in the Gaza Strip early on July 16, the military said, after rockets were fired at Israeli territory. (Photo by Mahmud HAMS / AFP) (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images) In a subsequent tweet, the IDF said it responded to the rocket attack by targeting a Hamas rocket production site. BIDEN MEET WITH PRINCE OF SAUDI ARABIA MUHAMMAD BIN SALMAN, TALKING ‘ENERGY SECURITY’ “In response to the rockets fired from Gaza into Israel this evening, we targeted one of the most important Hamas rocket production facilities in Gaza,” the IDF said. “This strike will significantly hamper Hamas’s ability to build forces.” Rocket sirens were heard in the southern coastal city of Ashkelon, the Times of Israel reported. The IDF added: “We will continue to defend Israeli civilians from Hamas terrorism.” The IDF later announced that four rockets, in total, were fired into Israel. BIDEN ARRIVES IN SAUDI ARABIA, WILL DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS, ‘ENERGY SECURITY,’ OFFICIALS SAY No terrorist group in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip has claimed responsibility for the attack. Similar rocket launches occurred in 2020 when Israel signed a peace deal with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, the Times of Israel reported. Fires are seen after an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on July 16, 2022. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS/AFP via Getty Images) The missiles came hours after President Biden visited Israel and the West Bank and shortly after he announced an agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia. “At the end of this meeting, the two sides issued this communique outlining the strategic partnership between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United States over the coming decades with the goal of advancing their mutual interests and promoting a shared vision for a more peaceful, secure, prosperous and stable Middle East,” the White House said. Biden spent three days in Israel before traveling to Saudi Arabia on Friday. The president arrived in Jeddah on Friday before noon EST at King Abdulaziz International Airport, when he became the first US president to complete a direct flight from Israel to Saudi Arabia. US President Joe Biden leaves the room after speaking to the traveling press after a working meeting with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia at the Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, July 15, 2022. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN /AFP via Getty Images) The president left the airport for a meeting with King Salman bin Abdulaziz al Said at the Al Salam Royal Palace. Biden and his team also met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Saudi ministers. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Biden will remain in Saudi Arabia for one more day as he holds meetings with Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Qatimi, Egyptian President El-Sisi and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates.
