Hamas’ military wing claims to have launched ‘major missile attack’ on Tel Aviv

Hamas’ military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, said it launched a “major missile attack” on Tel Aviv on Sunday as the Israeli army sounded its sirens in the city center to warn of the possible arrival of rockets.

In a statement posted on its Telegram channel on Sunday, the al-Qassam Brigades said the rockets were launched in response to what it called “Zionist massacres against civilians.”

Hamas Al-Aqsa television said the rockets were launched from the Gaza Strip.

Rocket sirens have not been heard in Tel Aviv for four months. The reason for the sirens was not immediately indicated by the Israeli military.

Israeli emergency medical services said they had not received any reports of casualties.

The attack showed that the Islamist faction was still capable of firing long-range rockets despite more than seven months of a devastating Israeli military offensive from the air and on the ground.