Palestinian terrorists launched two rockets at Israel from the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday evening, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed.
“A short while ago, two launches were identified crossing from the southern Gaza Strip into Israeli territory and landing in open areas. There were no casualties,” the Israeli military stated in Hebrew.
Air-raid alerts were activated to warn civilians present in the border area “in accordance with policy,” shortly after an Iranian ballistic-missile attack had also triggered sirens in Israel’s south, the IDF added.
On Sunday evening, Gaza terrorists launched one projectile at Israel. The aerial attack triggered air-raid sirens in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Moshav Ein HaBesor and Kibbutz Magen, the Home Front Command announced.
The day prior, four rockets were shot into southern Israel in two separate attacks. They impacted in open areas, and no casualties were reported.
As of February, some 85% of the 64,000 residents in the Gaza Envelope were back home, with 11,000 still living in temporary, state-funded accommodations elsewhere. Almost all had been evacuated following the Hamas-led terrorist attacks into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
The rocket attacks came 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.