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Sirens ring as Grad explodes near Beersheba – JPost – Defense.

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Palestinian terrorists in Gaza took advantage of stormy weather conditions to fire rockets towards large southern cities over the weekend.

A Grad-type rocket was launched in the direction of the Negev’s largest city, Beersheba, on Saturday, triggering air raid sirens. Two additional rockets exploded in fields in the farming districts of the western Negev. All of the attacks failed to cause injuries or damages.

The upsurge in rockets began on Friday evening, when Palestinians fired projectiles into southern Israel, setting off sirens in Ashkelon.

Two rockets exploded in the farming region of Eshkol Regional Council, falling in open fields according to police.

Also on Friday, IDF soldiers were attacked by terrorists near the border. The terrorists attacked IDF troops with an RPG and set off an explosion on the Gazan side of the border fence, but all IDF soldiers were left unharmed.

IDF tanks returned fire upon the assailants. No injuries were reported in the clash between the IDF and Gazan terrorists.

Earlier this week, Ashkelon Regional Council head Yair Farjun told The Jerusalem Post that Israel could not “tolerate” endless rocket attacks on civilians. “It must be made clear to them that there is a price to this,” he said.

The last time terrorists in Gaza attacked Beersheba was last October, when the Iron Dome anti-rocket defense system intercepted rockets fired at the southern city.

The IDF said it holds Hamas responsible for all rocket attacks from the coastal enclave it governs.

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