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As new year begins: Hamas fires rockets at Israel

Two rockets were fired at Israeli territory from the central Gaza Strip, the military reported soon after midnight on Wednesday.

At 12:00 a.m. local time, as the new year began, rocket sirens sounded in Netivot and some Gaza border communities, including Shibolim, Giv’olim, and Ma’agalim.

The IDF said that it had intercepted one rocket while an additional rocket had crashed in an open area. 

Israel’s emergency medical response service, Magen David Adom, stated it had received no reports of injuries following the alerts. 

Hamas’s military wing, the Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades, claimed responsibility for the attack.

Later on Wednesday, IDF Spokesperson in Arabic, Col. Avichay Adraee, issued evacuation warnings for residents of al-Bureij in central Gaza in a post on X/Twitter. 

“Terrorist organizations are once again firing rockets from this area that has been warned several times in the past,” the post read, adding, “For your own safety, move immediately to the humanitarian zone.”

Similar barrage last year

On New Year’s Eve of last year, shortly after midnight, a barrage of rockets was fired at Israel from Gaza, triggering rocket alarms in the Gaza border area and central Israel.


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