Hamas launched a series of rocket attacks on Israeli cities on Sunday. The Palestinian militant group said the rockets were in response to Israeli massacres of Palestinian civilians in Gaza according to Reuters.
At least one man was injured near the southern Israeli city of Ashqelon, according to Israeli emergency services.
Magen David Adom said it was treating a man in his 30s for shrapnel as well as “several people suffering from anxiety and or who were injured while heading to a shelter”.
An image shared by the emergency service showed debris littering a street in the Ashqelon area.
According to the Israeli military, about 10 rockets were fired from Gaza towards the southern cities of Ashqelon and Ashdod, with “most” intercepted by the Iron Dome.
The rocket fire comes after Israel has increased its military actions in the Gaza Strip.
Last week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel was in the process of creating another corridor in Southern Gaza as the Israeli military retook parts of the enclave.
In addition, footage recently surfaced showing Israeli troops opening fire and killing 15 medics.
Israel had initially said the medics were in vehicles that did not have their emergency signalling on. But the video shows the vehicles clearly had their sirens on before the Israeli military opened fire.
The video, obtained by The New York Times, shows Palestinian Red Crescent and civil defence teams driving slowly with their emergency lights flashing and logos visible as they stop to help an ambulance that had earlier come under fire.
Eight Red Crescent personnel, six civil defence workers and a UN staffer were killed in the incident.
Mr Netanyahu called for a “vigorous response” to be carried out in response to the latest rocket barrage.
