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Hamas fires rockets at Tel Aviv for first time since Jan. 1

(JNS) — Air-raid sirens blared across Tel Aviv and its suburbs on Monday afternoon, warning of incoming rockets from the Gaza Strip for the first time since Jan. 1.

Local reports said at least 10 rockets were fired towards the greater Tel Aviv area, sending millions of civilians racing for shelter.

Hamas’s Al-Qassam Brigades “military” wing confirmed it fired a volley of rockets at the city “in response to the Zionist massacres of civilians.”

There were no reports of casualties resulting from the attacks. Israel’s Kan News public broa...