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Hamas fires rocket at Nahariya, some 170km from Gaza

Rocket range increases as terror organization launches rocket from Gaza at most northern point so far; earlier 16-year-old was seriously wounded, 50-year-old man lightly hurt in Ashkelon.

YnetnewsLatest Update: 07.13.14, 17:47 / Israel News

via Hamas fires rocket at Nahariya, some 170km from Gaza – Israel News, Ynetnews.

Hamas has managed to fire rockets from the Gaza Strip further than it did so far on Sunday afternoon, when it fired a rocket that hit near Nahariya – some 170km from the Gaza Strip.  Earlier, a 16-year-old boy sustained serious injuries and a 50-year-old man was lightly injured by a rocket blast in Ashkelon.

Shortly after 4:30pm, rocket alert sirens were sounded all across the greater Tel Aviv area, in the Sharon plains and in the Western Galilee. Iron Dome intercepted two rockets that were fired at the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. One rocket likely fell in an uninhabited area near Nahariya. So far, no injuries or damages were reported.

Hamas, that claimed responsibility for the rocket fire, said it launched a Fajr-5 rocket at Rishon LeZion, three M-75 rockets at Tel Aviv and one R-160 rocket.

The rocket alert siren was sounded in the following places, among others: Nahariya, Tel Aviv, Azor, Holon, Bat Yam, Palmachim, Rishon LeZion, Avihayil, Beit Yitzhak, Bitan Aharon, Givat Shapira, Havatzelet HaSharon, Netanya, Hadera, Elyakhin, Emek Hefer, Bat Hefer, Yad Hana, Kfar Yona, Givat Haim, Zemer, Lehavot Haviva, Magal, Netzer, Gan Shmuel, Sha’ar Menashe, Even Yehuda, Udim, Beit Yehoshua, Bnei Zion, Batzra, Ga’ash, Hof Hasharon Regional Council, Qalansawe, Sha’ar Ephraim, Shefayim, Herzliya, Kfar Shmaryahu, Ramat Hasharon, Bnei Brak, Givat Shmuel, Givatayim, Ramat Gan, Ra’anana, Kfar Saba and Petah Tikva.

Code Red sirens wailed across southern Israel, as residents in Ashkelon, Ashdod, and Be’er Sheva rushed to shelters Sunday morning. Two rockets exploded in open areas near Be’er Sheva. The Iron Dome missile battery intercepted one rocket over Ashkelon.

Some one million Israelis woke up to the sound of alarms after 6 am, as Code Red sirens blared in cities across central and southern Israel: Rehovot, Rishon LeZion, Modi’in, Ashdod, Lod, Ashkelon, Ramle, Ben Gurion Airport, and other smaller communities.

The shockwaves from the explosions were heard as far as the Tel Aviv metropolitan area. Four rockets were intercepted during the salvo – three over Lod and one in the skies of Ashdod. The IDF reported that the Israeli Air Force attacked the launchers used for the early morning rocket fire.

The air raid sirens wailed overnight Saturday in the Eshkol, Sha’ar HaNegev, and Sdot HaNegev Regional Councils from midnight until 5 am – a total of 10 rockets landed in open spaces in the Gaza border region. Two of the rockets exploded inside Eshkol, causing light damage to a house and a public structure. No one was injured in the rocket salvo.

According to figures released Saturday night, since the beginning of Operation Protective Edge, 605 rockets fell inside Israel (84 on Saturday) and 143 rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system (at least 6 on Saturday).

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