Illegal Israeli settler lightly injured while fleeing to shelter in Rishon LeTsiyon after hearing sirens, Israeli media says
The Al-Qassam Brigades announced Sunday that they targeted the Israeli city of Tel Aviv with an M90 rocket in response to Israel's attacks against civilians in Gaza.
The armed wing of the Palestinian resistance group Hamas said in a Telegram post that the attack was in retaliation for the “Israeli massacres against civilians and the deliberate displacement of our people.”
It marked the second time in August that rockets have been launched from Gaza towards Tel Aviv.
The Israeli army detected the launch of a rocket from the Gaza Strip towards the city of Rishon LeTsiyon near Tel Aviv.
“Following an alert in the Rishon LeTsiyon area south of Tel Aviv, a rocket was detected being launched from southern Gaza, which fell in an open area,” the Israeli army said in a brief statement.
An Israeli settler was slightly injured while fleeing to a shelter in Rishon LeTsiyon after hearing the sirens, according to Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth daily.
Israel has continued its brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip following an attack by the Palestinian group Hamas last Oct. 7, despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire.
The onslaught has resulted in over 40,400 Palestinian deaths, mostly women and children, and over 93,000 injuries, according to local health authorities.
An ongoing blockade of Gaza has led to severe shortages of food, clean water and medicine, leaving much of the region in ruins.
Israel faces accusations of genocide at the International Court of Justice, which has ordered a halt to military operations in the southern city of Rafah, where over one million Palestinians had sought refuge before the area was invaded on May 6.
