Israel — A rocket fired from the war-torn Gaza Strip fell in the sea off Israel’s Tel Aviv on Tuesday, Israel’s army said, as Hamas militants announced their first attack on the city in months.
“A short while ago, a projectile that was identified crossing from the Gaza Strip fell in the maritime space in central Israel,” an army statement said, as an AFP journalist reported hearing a boom in the city at the same time.
The army added that “simultaneously, an additional projectile that did not cross into Israeli territory was identified”.
2 long-range rockets fired from Gaza towards Tel Aviv, in the first attack on the city from Gaza since May.
One of the rockets landed off the coast of central Israel.
A second rocket failed to cross the border and fell short inside Gaza, the IDF says.
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Hamas armed wing, the Ezzedine Al-Qassam Brigades, said it fired two M90 rockets at Tel Aviv, their first attack on the Israeli commercial hub since May.
“Al-Qassam Brigades bombarded the city of Tel Aviv and its suburbs with two M90 missiles in response to the Zionist massacres against civilians and the deliberate displacement of our people,” a statement by the group said.
The attack came with Israel on high alert for an attack by Iran and its proxies following the killings of senior figures from Hamas and Hezbollah, the Lebanese armed group.
🚨HAMAS FIRES 2 ROCKETS TOWARD TEL AVIV
Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, launched 2 M-90 long-range rockets toward central Israel near Tel Aviv.
No sirens were activated, and Israeli media reports that one rocket landed in the sea while the other fell in Gaza.… pic.twitter.com/HqP43JjuwH
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