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On Saturday morning, several rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel.
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Several Gazan militants have entered Israeli territory, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday, shortly after rocket fire killed one person and injured at least three.
The Palestinian extremist group Hamas claimed responsibility for the rocket attack.
Hamas military commander Muhammad Al-Deif released a recorded message announcing Operation Al-Aqsa Storm, saying the Palestinian militant group had “targeted enemy positions, airports and military positions with 5,000 rockets “.
The IDF has warned Israelis living near Gaza to stay in their homes.
One person died and at least three were injured when rocket fire was fired from Gaza into Israel on Saturday morning, Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA) said.
The rockets, observed by a CNN producer in Gaza, triggered sirens as far north as the Tel Aviv area, as far east as Beer Sheva and many other places in between.
A woman in her 70s in Kfar Aviv in the Gderot region died after the barrage, the MDA said.
Two other people in the Ashkelon area were slightly injured, according to emergency services, while a fourth person – a man in his 20s in Yavné – was moderately injured by shrapnel.
The rockets were fired around 6:30 a.m. local time (11:30 p.m. ET) Saturday morning, when most Israelis were likely asleep.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant are conducting security assessments at the Israel Defense Forces headquarters in Tel Aviv, Netanyahu’s office said.
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