Hamas has launched a rocket assault on the Tel Aviv space in central Israel for the primary time in practically 4 months.
No less than eight rockets had been launched from the Rafah space in southern Gaza, the Israeli army stated, including that a number of had been intercepted. No accidents had been reported.
The Israeli military is finishing up a army operation in Rafah.
Rocket sirens sounded in different cities and cities, together with Herzliya and Petah Tikva.
Israeli media printed footage of missile fragments within the backyard of a constructing in Herzliya. Different footage appeared to point out harm to a bed room in a home brought on by shrapnel.
A distinct video confirmed a big crater apparently created by a rocket in an open space close to the central city of Kfar Saba.
Israel’s ambulance service, Magen David Adom, stated many individuals had been being handled for acute nervousness.
The army wing of Hamas, the al-Qassam Brigades, claimed credit score for launching a “massive” missile assault on Tel Aviv on its Telegram channel.
Tel Aviv, the financial centre of Israel, is the biggest metropolis within the nation.
The rocket assaults got here as Israel’s military intensified its assault on Rafah, regardless of a ruling by the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice this week that it should instantly halt its offensive throughout Gaza.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s workplace referred to as the ICJ order “outrageous, morally repugnant and disgusting”.
Israel started its offensive in Gaza after Hamas’s unprecedented assault on southern Israel final October, killing about 1,200 individuals and taking 252 others as hostages.
No less than 35,900 Palestinians have been killed within the conflict since then, principally ladies and youngsters, in keeping with Gaza’s Hamas-run well being ministry.