Rocket fire from Gaza reached central Israel on Sunday for the first time in several months, raising questions about Hamas’s capabilities.
The Israeli military said eight rockets were fired from the southern Gazan city of Rafah, where they have been conducting operations since May 6.
“Following the sirens that sounded in central Israel, eight projectiles were identified crossing from the area of Rafah into Israeli territory,” the military said, adding that “a number” of the rockets were intercepted by the aerial defence system.
Day-to-day life in central Israel had been largely unaffected by the conflict in Gaza
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One person was injured by shrapnel after it fell in several locations, according to Israeli medics. When the sirens sounded just after lunchtime local time, coffee shops shuttered and people reacted with shock and surprise. Lifeguards closed the beaches for the