Hamas launches first rocket attack on Israel from Gaza in months | World News

Air raid sirens blared all the way to Tel Aviv.

For the first time in months, Hamas has launched rocket attacks on Israel from Gaza.

The rocket attack triggered air raid sirens in cities as far away as Tel Aviv.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage in what appeared to be the first long-range rocket attack from Gaza since January, although Palestinian militants have continued to sporadically fire rockets and mortar shells at communities along the Gaza border since then.

The military wing of Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack.

The Israeli military said eight missiles crossed the Israeli border after being fired from the area around the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, where Israeli forces recently launched an incursion.

Several of the rockets were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome defense system, it was said.

The previous Sunday, aid trucks entered the Gaza Strip via the Israeli Kerem Shalom border crossing for the first time since the conclusion of a new aid agreement.

After Egypt closed its side of the Rafah crossing following Israel’s decision to take control of the Gaza side, aid routes were diverted.

However, due to ongoing fighting in Rafah, it is unclear whether humanitarian groups will have access to the incoming aid.

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