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by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff
Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, as seen from Ashkelon, in southern Israel, Oct. 15, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Sirens were sounded in Tel Aviv and surrounding areas on Friday as Hamas said it fired rockets deep into Israel in what the Palestinian terrorist group described as a response to mounting deaths in the Gaza war.
Medics reported two women in Tel Aviv suffered shrapnel wounds from the salvo, which followed a relative lull in rocket fire as Israeli forces press a ground offensive in Gaza in the fifth week of the war.
The military said some 9,500 missiles, rockets, and drones were fired at Israel from Gaza and other fronts since Oct. 7, when Hamas terrorists invaded southern Israel and massacred 1,400 people, mostly civilians, sparking the current conflict. About 2,000 of the launches from Hamas-controlled Gaza had been shot down by air defenses designed to ignore projectiles on a course to land harmlessly in open areas.
Some 12 percent of Gaza rockets had fallen short within Palestinian territory, the military said.
“With the entry of [Israeli] forces on the ground, there has been a significant drop-off in the number of launches,” it said.
Last month, a misfired Palestinian rocket from Gaza caused a widely reported explosion near the Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, according to intelligence from Israel and several Western governments. Experts agreed that Israel was not responsible, despite Hamas and several initial media reports falsely blaming an Israeli air strike for causing the hospital blast.
