The Israeli armed forces sounded sirens in Tel Aviv for the initial time in months on Sunday, warning of doable incoming rockets following Hamas’ armed service wing announced it had introduced a refreshing assault on the city.
Al-Qassam Brigades announced it was bombing the city with a large missile barrage in response to what it known as the “Zionist massacres against civilians.”
The Israel Defense Forces reported 8 projectiles ended up discovered crossing from the spot of Rafah into Israeli territory, and that a selection of projectiles were being intercepted by the IDF Aerial Protection Array.
An NBC News journalist witnessed at least 1 rocket be intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense procedure.
There were no rapid experiences of casualties or problems in the space.
Previously, assist trucks entered Gaza through southern Israel as part of a new agreement to bypass the Rafah crossing with Egypt, right after Israel seized the Palestinian facet before in Could.
The International Court of Justice on Friday requested Israel to instantly halt its armed forces assault on Rafah, the town in southern Gaza the place much more than 1 million people experienced sought refuge in dire problems.
A spokesman for Hamas’ armed wing claimed on Sunday its fighters experienced captured Israeli troopers in the course of preventing in Jabalia in northern Gaza on Saturday.
Hamas produced a movie that appeared to display a bloodied overall body getting dragged along the ground of a tunnel. The online video could not be confirmed by NBC, and the Israeli army has denied the assert.
“There is no incident in which a soldier was kidnapped,” the IDF stated in a assertion.
CORRECTION (Could 26, 2024, 9:47 a.m. ET): A prior edition of this report misidentified Tel Aviv as the capital of Israel.
