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Hamas Rockets from Rafah Target Tel Aviv
(Times of Israel) Emanuel Fabian - Hamas fired eight rockets at central Israel from Rafah on Sunday afternoon in the most significant attack on the Tel Aviv area in four months. Three of the rockets were downed by the Iron Dome anti-missile system and five landed in open areas. A home in the Tel Aviv suburb of Herzliya suffered minor damage from falling shrapnel and two people suffered light injuries. Air raid sirens sounded in a large swath of central Israel as many children were getting out of school. Later Sunday, additional rockets were fired at several communities adjacent to Gaza, where residents have returned to live in the last several months. Following the rocket attack on central Israel, war cabinet minister Benny Gantz argued that the rocket launches showed the need for Israel to push ahead with its military offensive. "Today's [missile] fire from Rafah proves the IDF must act wherever Hamas is and so it will be," he said.