Gaza War | Hamas says it launched a “major” missile attack on Tel Aviv

Hamas says that it launched a “major” missile attack on Israel’s Tel Aviv on Sunday afternoon after two o’clock. Hamas announced it on Telegram, reports the news agency Reuters.

According to the Israeli Armed Forces, at least eight missiles have been fired towards Israel from Rafah, which is located in the southern part of Gaza, reports the news agency AFP.

Israeli newspaper Haaretz by Explosions have been heard in the central parts of Israel. Israel’s Magen David Atom, a member organization of the Red Cross, says one person has been slightly injured after shrapnel from the missiles fell from the sky.

Tel Aviv is protected by Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system. The Israeli armed forces have not said whether the air defenses managed to stop all the missiles.

The Jerusalem Post tellsthat rescue authorities are investigating whether one of the missiles hit the Tel Aviv area.

Two o’clock after the Israeli Armed Forces said on the message service X that there are alarms warning of an airstrike in Tel Aviv and the central parts of Israel. News agency AFP reports that sirens have not been heard in the Tel Aviv area for weeks.

Haaretz reports that Hamas announced the attack as a response to Israel’s “massacre against civilians”.