The armed wing of Palestinian resistance group Hamas stated Sunday it had fired a “large rocket barrage” at Israel‘s business hub of Tel Aviv, with the navy reporting it had intercepted a number of.
The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades stated in a put up on Telegram that they’d focused Tel Aviv “with a large rocket barrage in response to the Zionist (Israeli) massacres against civilians”.
Israel’s military stated no less than eight rockets have been fired in direction of central areas of the nation from Gaza’s far-southern metropolis of Rafah, the place its forces have been battling Palestinian fighters.
The navy stated that “a number of the projectiles were intercepted ” by Israeli air defences.
An AFP correspondent within the Gaza Strip reported seeing rockets being fired from Rafah.
Rocket sirens blared in Tel Aviv for the primary time in months, with an AFP correspondent reported listening to no less than three blasts.
The conflict in Gaza broke out after Hamas’s October 7 assault on southern Israel, which resulted within the deaths of greater than 1,170 folks, principally civilians, in response to an AFP tally primarily based on Israeli official figures.
Militants additionally took 252 hostages, 121 of whom stay in Gaza, together with 37 the military says are lifeless.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed no less than 35,984 folks in Gaza, principally civilians, in response to the territory’s well being ministry.
Source: www.anews.com.tr