Warning sirens sounded on Sunday in Tel Aviv and central Israel for residents to take shelter after rocket fire from the Gaza Strip, AFP journalists said . According to the Israeli army, eight rockets were fired towards Israel from Rafah.
The Israeli shield in action
Israel said “a number” of rockets were intercepted by the air defense system, without giving further details. An AFP journalist heard at least three explosions in the air. An AFP correspondent in the Gaza Strip said she saw rockets fired from Rafah.
Warning sirens sounded early in the afternoon in Tel Aviv and central Israel for residents to take shelter after rocket attacks. The Israeli emergency service, Magen David Adom (MDA), said its teams had only identified one patient who was slightly injured while going to a shelter.
This alert comes after several months of relative calm in this region of the country, while the war between Israel and Palestinian Hamas in the Gaza Strip has lasted for more than seven months.
“A response to the massacres” for Hamas
The armed wing of Palestinian Hamas said on Sunday that it had targeted Tel Aviv with a “major barrage of rockets” in a message published on the social network Telegram.
“We bombarded Tel Aviv with a heavy barrage of rockets in response to the Zionist massacres against civilians,” wrote the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades in their message posted online a few minutes after warning sirens sounded in the central Israel.