Around 25 rockets were fired into southern Israel from Gaza on Tuesday morning, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has told CNN.
The rockets were fired towards the southern town of Netivot and most were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome air defense system. No injuries were reported.
Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, published a statement on their Telegram channel claiming they were behind the launches.
One of the largest in weeks, the barrage on Tuesday showed that Hamas is still capable of firing rockets into Israel, even after more than three months of intense military operations by the Israeli military in the Gaza Strip.
Key context: While this is the largest barrage of rockets fired towards Israel from Gaza in weeks, it's still small compared to what Hamas was firing in the early days of the war that broke out after the October 7 attack on Israel when thousands of rockets rained down on Israeli cities and towns in the first week of the war.