Rocket hits Tel Aviv area
A rocket has hit the Tel Aviv area and sirens sounded in Jerusalem for the first time in weeks on Wednesday morning (Australian time).
The IDF confirmed that a rocket did hit in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area.
The IDF also confirmed a rocket hit Beersheba in southern Israel.
Only hours after talks in Cairo fell apart Hamas fired rockets at Israel.
It also said it launched a J-80 rocket at the Ben Gurion Airport, though there were no reported strikes near the airport.
Rocket alert sirens were heard all over southern communities.
One explosion in open territory in the greater Tel Aviv area was so far confirmed. Two rockets exploded in open areas of Sha’ar HaNegev. A rocket directed at the Ashkelon Coast Regional Council shortly before the latest salvo of rockets landed near a shopping center in the area. No injuries were reported but damage was caused to a building.
Across the border, in Gaza, Palestinians reported a mounting number of injuries, following resumed air strikes on the Strip. Palestinian medical sources said three people were killed, including a three-year-old child, and 16 wounded, when an Israeli air strike hit a home in the Sheik Radwan neighborhood, north of Gaza City.
The officials said ten other Palestinians were injured near a mosque in the same neighborhood.
The IDF confirmed that Israel launched at least 30 air attacks over the past few hours.
WITH JPOST.COM
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