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Sabbath Calm Disturbed by Rocket Attacks – Defense/Security – News – Israel National News.

Terrorists fire rocket at Eshkol region, just one hour after an attack on the Hof Ashkelon region.

Kassam rocket

Israel news photo: Flash 90

The calm of Shabbat was interrupted in southern Israel on Friday evening, as terrorists from Hamas-controlled Gaza fired a Kassam rocket at the region.

The rocket, fired shortly after 9:00 p.m. local time, exploded in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council. There were no physical injuries or damages.

Only an hour earlier, a Gaza rocket exploded in an open area in the Hof Ashkelon Region. There were no physical injuries or damages in this attack as well.

In both cases, the “Red Alert” siren was heard in surrounding communities before the explosion, forcing local residents into shelters.

Rocket attacks have been on the increase in recent days, especially after Hamas gave terrorists the “green light” to open fire at Israel by withdrawing its forces that were deployed to prevent such rocket fire.

On Monday, two rockets were fired at southern Israel. The first one, on Monday afternoon, exploded in an open field near the Ashkelon coast. No physical injuries or damages were reported.

Later that evening, Gaza-based terrorists fired another rocket at southern Israel.

The rocket exploded in an open area of the Shaar HaNegev Regional Council, causing no physical injuries or damages.

The IDF retaliated several hours later with airstrikes on a concealed rocket launcher in central Gaza and a terror target in northern Gaza.

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