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Iron Dome Shoots Down Rockets over Tel Aviv – Defense/Security – News – Arutz Sheva.

Hamas boasts to have shot four M-75 rockets at Ben Gurion airport, targeting the site for the first time.

By Tova Dvorin

 First Publish: 7/11/2014, 10:54 AM / Last Update: 7/11/2014, 11:14 AM

Iron Dome employed against Gaza rocket

Flash 90

Sirens sounded Friday morning, at approximately 10:45 am, in the Tel Aviv area.

The “code red” alert sounded in Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Rishon LeTzion, Bnei Brak, Givat Shmuel, Lod, Ben-Gurion Airport, Holon, Kfar Chabad, and most of the Gush Dan area.

Sirens also sounded throughout Ashdod, and several explosions were heard. As of 11:00 am, additional sirens have sounded in the Sha’ar HaNegev area.

The Iron Dome shot down three rockets aimed at Tel Aviv, according to the IDF Spokesperson’s Office.

It is unclear how many rockets landed in open fields, and where; no injuries nor damage have yet been reported.

However, shrapnel from the intercepted rockets has fallen in multiple places throughout the Tel Aviv metropolitan area, including one near a gas station. No injuries or damage have been reported.

Hamas has claimed responsibility for the attack, boasting that this is the first time they have specifically targeted Ben-Gurion Airport, according to Yediot Aharonot. The terror group claimed to have shot four M-75 rockets in that direction.

Hamas has focused its rocket fire heavily on Israel’s most populated areas, having fired at Tel Aviv every day since Tuesday. Twelve rockets were fired at the Gush Dan area on Thursday alone.

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