Palestinian terrorists in Gaza fired a rocket at Israel from the southern Strip on Sunday evening, the Israel Defense Forces announced.
“Following the alerts that were activated a short time ago in the Gaza Envelope [border] area, one launch was identified from the southern Gaza Strip and fell in an open area,” the IDF stated in Hebrew.
In a subsequent post on its English-language X account, the military added: “Reminder: We are still in a multi-front war.”
The aerial attack from the Gaza Strip, which came amid ongoing missile attacks from Iran, triggered air-raid sirens in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Moshav Ein HaBesor and Kibbutz Magen, the IDF’s Home Front Command announced.
The United Hatzalah medical response group said it received no reports of injuries in the attack, adding, “Psychotrauma and crisis response teams are prepared to assist those suffering from anxiety.”
On Saturday, Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired four rockets into southern Israel in two separate attacks. The rockets impacted in open areas, setting off air-raid sirens, but no injuries were reported.
As of February, some 85% of the Gaza Envelope’s 64,000 residents, who were almost all evacuated following the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, cross-border attack from Gaza, were back home, with 11,000 still living in temporary, state-funded accommodations elsewhere.
The developments come amid continued IDF ground operations across the Strip as part of “Gideon’s Chariots,” a campaign with the stated goal of dismantling Hamas’s remaining military capabilities, taking control of key areas in Gaza, and securing the release of the remaining 53 captives.