Southern Israel girds for rocket fire, closing schools, opening bomb shelters, as Palestinian Islamic Jihad vows revenge after Israeli airstrike kills 2 of its members in Syria

Army says members of terror group hit while preparing to fire at Israel; schools canceled, gatherings restricted in southern Israel, following large bombardments

Iron Dome intercepts some rockets, others strike open fields; large volley from Strip comes in apparent retaliation for IDF killing of Islamic Jihad terrorist who planted bomb

Military says it fired back 'to remove the threat'; incident comes as Israel and Palestinian terror groups in the Strip negotiate ceasefire

Fishing zone extended back to 15 miles, 2,000 additional travel permits to be offered to Palestinian businessmen in the Strip, despite ongoing balloon-borne explosive attacks

Local officials demand 'change of policy,' say sporadic rocket fire and airborne arson attacks have become intolerable

In response to flareup, Israel says it will retain sanctions on Strip that were set to be lifted

Earlier this week, defense official said Israel believed attacks from the Strip would end; Hamas official says calm would return to region only after Jerusalem meets its demands

Terror group official tells Lebanese paper calm will return to region after Israel meets its demands, days after Israeli defense official said such attacks would end

Police sappers rush to scene to dispose of object; incident comes after Israeli defense official says Hamas has promised to end such attacks