Israel hits Gaza after rocket attack as Jerusalem tensions escalate
- Monica philo
- Apr 19, 2022
- 1 min read
Warning sirens sounded in southern Israel Monday night after the rocket was fired from the enclave controlled by the Islamist group Hamas, the first such incident since early January.
The projectile crashed into the sea off Tel Aviv.
"One rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory. The rocket was intercepted by the Iron Dome Air Defense System," the Israeli military said in a statement.
Hours later the Israeli air force said it had hit a Hamas weapons manufacturing site in retaliation.
Hamas claimed to have used its "anti-aircraft defence" to counter the air raids, which caused no casualties, according to witnesses and security sources in Gaza.
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