Has launches rocket attacks at Tel Aviv, Israel. For the first time in several months, Tel Aviv’s sirens have sounded, according to Hamas, which claims to have fired rockets against the Israeli metropolis. According to the Israeli army, eight rockets were fired from Gaza toward Tel Aviv and other central Israel.
Eight rockets were fired from the Rafah area in southern Gaza, according to the Israeli military on Sunday. Despite an order from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to cease operations there, the Israeli troops have been conducting a ground assault there.
Result of the attack
Several of them were intercepted by Israel’s air defense system, according to the IDF. About 100 kilometers (62 miles) to the south of Tel Aviv is Rafah.
Reports from the local media state that the incident resulted in the sounding of sirens in roughly thirty locations throughout central Israel, including Tel Aviv. Several minor injuries have also reportedly been reported.
Reason behind this sudden attack
In an announcement posted on its Telegram channel on Sunday, Hamas’s military arm, the Qassam Brigades, took credit for the attack and stated that the missiles were fired in retaliation for “Zionist massacres against civilians.”
Associated with Hamas According to Al-Aqsa TV, the rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip.
Israel claims it intends to free captives it claims are being held in the area and eliminate multiple Hamas battalions that have taken up residence in Rafah; nonetheless, its assault has made matters worse for civilians and sparked an international uproar.
At least five Palestinians were killed by Israeli attacks in Rafah on Sunday, according to local medical services. There hasn’t been a full-scale ground offensive yet, but Israeli tanks have attacked the city’s perimeter near the key southern entry point into Egypt.
Does Israel actually have full control over Rafah?
The IDF has been operating aggressively in Rafah for a few weeks now. They’ve bombed the Rafah Food aid camp on April. According to the IDF, they’re in full control of Rafah and have cleared the area of any fighters on the ground. But today as Hamas launches rockets at Israel, IDF’s claim about having full control of the area seems to be questionable.
According to Mahmoud, Israel’s military declared on Sunday that it had destroyed “over 50 terror targets across the Gaza Strip” in the preceding twenty-four hours.
forces stormed a weapons stockpile “embedded inside a school where troops located dozens of rocket parts and weapons” in Jabalia, in northern Gaza.
Israeli political analyst Akiva Eldar’s statement
Akiva Eldar, an Israeli political analyst said that Hamas rocket attack on Israel will encourage Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to “play the victim”. Akiva Eldar said this on an interview with the news media Al Jazeera.
Eldar stated that Netanyahu can use it as an opportunity to refute the International Court of Justice’s decision to end military operations in Rafah by arguing that the military is necessary to protect Israeli citizens from such attacks.
According to Eldar, Netanyahu might feel he has the “justification” to move “deeper into Rafah until, as he has promised, the total victory” as a result of the operation.
Palestinian health officials in Gaza claim that Israel’s war on Gaza has resulted in at least 35,984 deaths.
According to an Al Jazeera count based on Israeli figures, on October 7, fighters headed by Hamas invaded communities in southern Israel, taking more than 250 captives and murdering at least 1,139 people. This prompted Israel to initiate the operation.