Operation "Protection and Arrow" : The CEO of the Milk Producers' Organization, Lior Simcha, commented this evening (Wednesday) on the prices that the campaign in the Gaza Strip is taking from the milk industry in the surrounding settlements. Where's the money " on radio 103FM. "It's not easy here these days".

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One of the challenges facing agriculture in the Gaza Strip, and also the dairy farms, is the protection of extensive working areas defined as open areas. "There is not enough protection in barns, certainly in communities that are close to a fence," he said. "It is impossible to protect the whole barn. Now we are building a protected milking parlor in Nahal Oz, but it is impossible to put a shield near every shed. In real time, when there is an alarm, the dairy farmer goes down and lies on the ground, puts his hands on his head and hopes for the best."

Simcha also referred to the estimate of the economic damages to the dairies. "It's hard to know what the estimate is," he said. "But the dairy farm is supervised and therefore the whole country really subsidizes this thing."

Earlier today, the first volley of rockets since the beginning of the operation was fired at the cities of central Israel. An alarm was raised at noon in Tel Aviv and all over Gush Dan. At the same time, alarms were also activated in Ashdod, Rishon Lezion, Ashkelon, Sderot and in the communities around Gaza. This, after the Air Force attacked a vehicle in the Gaza Strip containing terrorist operatives who were on their way to a rocket launch site. Palestinian media reported that in the attack that took place in Khan Yunis, one person was killed.

In the evening, in the background of reports of the progress of the ceasefire talks, additional volleys were fired at the Gaza Strip, Beer Sheva and the central cities. Officials commented on the shooting and said "we were not surprised by the barrage, there will be a reaction".