A man in his 30s sustained light wounds from rocket shrapnel following Hamas’s rocket barrage in Israel’s South, Israel’s emergency response service, Magen David Adom (MDA), reported on Sunday.
Starting at 9:01 p.m. local time, rocket sirens sounded in the areas of Ashdod and Ashkelon.
The military said some 10 rockets were fired at Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip, half of which were intercepted. Several impacts had been reported in various area, the IDF added.
After being briefed on the situation, Prime Minister Netanyahu, who was on his way to Washington, told Defense Minister Israel Katz to respond with force. He also approved the continued increase of Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip.
Katz responded: “I instructed the IDF to carry out a powerful blow against Hamas. We will not accept rocket fire at Israel.” Shortly after this statement, the IDF reported that an air force jet had attacked the launcher from which the launch was detected.
MDA said its paramedics transferred to the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon the man who was in light condition. Paramedics also treated a number of individuals who were suffering from anxiety and who had been injured while running to shelter.
צה”ל: זוהו כ-10 שיגורים במטח לאשדוד, אשקלון ויישובים בשפלה, חמאס קיבל את האחריות לירי@ItayBlumental pic.twitter.com/3ilnxpUqAX
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The police said it was operating in an area of Ashkelon where an impact had been reported, while the Ashkelon Municipality noted a rocket that had crashed in the city had caused damage to property.
Hamas‘s military wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, subsequently claimed responsibility for the rocket barrage.
Responses to the rockets
“If anyone needed a reminder of why we must not stop just before the destruction of Hamas, they received it this evening in the form of rocket launches from Gaza to the cities of the South,” Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich shared on X/Twitter shortly after.
אם מישהו צריך היה תזכורת מדוע אסור לנו לעצור רגע לפני השמדת חמאס הוא קיבל אותם הערב בדמות שיגורי הרקטות שיצאו מעזה לערי הדרום. התחייבנו בפני אזרחי ישראל שחמאס יושמד ותושבי הדרום יוכלו לחיות בשקט ובביטחון שנים רבות, ובעזרת השם אנחנו נעמוד בכך.
— בצלאל סמוטריץ’ (@bezalelsm) April 6, 2025
“We promised the citizens of Israel that Hamas will be destroyed and the residents of the South will be able to live in peace and security for many years,” Smotrich added, noting, “we will stand by that.”
National Unity head Benny Gantz wrote on Twitter/X following the barrage, “Hamas is the enemy, which, after a year and a half of war, is still firing missiles at Israeli citizens.”
“Israeli citizens didn’t really need a reminder, but apparently, the Prime Minister and coalition members did,” Gantz asserted, adding the enemy was “not the head of the Shin Bet, not the attorney-general, not the High Court of Justice.
אזרחי ישראל לא באמת היו צריכים תזכורת, אבל כנראה שראש הממשלה וחברי הקואליציה כן.החמאס הוא האויב, שעדיין, אחרי שנה וחצי של מלחמה יורה על אזרחי ישראל טילים. לא ראש השב”כ, לא היועמ״שית, לא בג”ץ. למדינת ישראל מגיעה הנהגה שעוסקת בניצחון על אויבינו מבחוץ, ולא בפירוק ומלחמות בבית.
— בני גנץ – Benny Gantz (@gantzbe) April 6, 2025
“The State of Israel deserves leadership that focuses on defeating our enemies,” Gantz added, rather than one that concentrated on “internal strife and division.”
This is a developing story.
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