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Iron Dome intercepts rocket fired at Tel Aviv area – Israel News, Ynetnews.

Missile defense system intercepts rocket fired from Gaza; no injuries reported, but rocket shrapnel hits car in Holon; Hamas claims responsibility

Ynet

The Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted two rockets that were fired from Gaza toward the Tel Aviv metropolitan area on Sunday. There were no immediate reports of injury, but a vehicle in Holon was damaged by shrapnel. A siren was activated in Tel Aviv and the vicinity at 10:31 am, shortly before the rocket was intercepted. Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it had fired an M-75-type rocket, which is manufactured in Gaza.

The explosion was heard throughout the entire Tel Aviv area. “I was at home in the ‘old north’ (area of Tel Aviv) when the siren sounded,” a resident told Ynet. “The siren was followed by an explosion that shook the windows.”

Another rocket was fired at Ashkelon a short while later and severely damaged a house.

Car in Holon on fire (Photo: Gush Dan rescue services)

At around 11 am it was reported that Israeli aircraft attacked the launcher that was used to fire the rocket at the Tel Aviv area.

Earlier Sunday, a four-storey building in Ashkelon sustained a direct hit from a rocket fired by Palestinian terrorists in Gaza. Two people sustained light shrapnel wounds in the attack, and five others suffered from anxiety.

Another rocket landed near a different residential building and damaged parked cars. Two additional projectiles that were launched toward the city were intercepted by Iron Dome.

Rockets were also fired at the Sdot Negev, Hof Ashkelon and Eshkol regional councils.

The Iron Dome intercepted several other rockets fired toward Israeli communities, including Ashdod, Gan Yave and Hof Ashkelon.

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