An emergency personnel works to extinguish the fire after rockets are launched from the Gaza Strip, as seen from the city of Ashkelon, Israel October 7, 2023. (File photo: Reuters)

Hamas says fired barrage of missiles on Tel Aviv in response to bombings on civilians

Al Arabiya English

Published: 09 October ,2023: 01:08 PM GST Updated: 09 October ,2023: 06:54 PM GST

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The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigade, the military wing of the Hamas militant group, said it had fired a barrage of missiles towards Tel Aviv and Jerusalem in response to Israel’s bombings of civilians and their homes, Al Arabiya reported on Monday.

The group directed a salvo of 120 missiles at Israeli cities Ashdod and Ashkelon in response to the military’s ongoing raids on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.

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The Israeli army said sirens sounded in Jerusalem and across Israel with eyewitnesses reporting the sounds of explosions.

Video circulating online appeared to show smoke rising from Ben Gurion Airport, Israel’s main international gateway, but no flights were impacted.

The country’s aviation authority said a missile was intercepted near the airport and no terminals were affected.

Israel has launched dozens of rockets towards the Gaza Strip in retaliation for one of the biggest incursion on occupation forces in years. Hamas had on Saturday launched a surprise attack on Israel, killing

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