As new year begins: Hamas fires rockets at Israel
The IDF said it had intercepted one rocket while an additional rocket had crashed in an open area.
Two rockets were fired at Israeli territory from central Gaza, the Israeli military reported soon after midnight on Wednesday.
At 12:00 a.m. local time, as the new year began, rocket sirens sounded in Netivot and in some communities in the western Negev, including Shibolim, Giv’olim, and Ma’agalim.
The IDF said that it had intercepted one rocket while an additional rocket had crashed in an open area.
Israel's emergency medical response service, Magen David Adom, stated it had received no reports of injuries following the alerts.
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Hamas's military wing, the Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades, claimed responsibility for the attack.
Later, IDF Spokesperson in Arabic, Col. Avichay Adraee, issued evacuation warnings for residents of al-Bureij in central Gaza in a post on X/Twitter.
"Terrorist organizations are once again firing rockets from this area that has been warned several times in the past," the post read, adding, "For your own safety, move immediately to the humanitarian zone."
#عاجل ‼️ الى سكان قطاع غزة المتواجدين في البلوكات: 2220-2223 (منطقة البريج)هذا تحذير مسبق قبل هجوم!⭕️تطلق المنظمات الإرهابية القذائف الصاروخية مرة اخرى من هذه المنطقة التي تم تحذيرها عدة مرات في الماضي.⭕️من أجل أمنكم، انتقلوا فوراً الى المنطقة الإنسانية. pic.twitter.com/8JRho9GiPG
— افيخاي ادرعي (@AvichayAdraee) December 31, 2024
Similar barrage last year
On New Year's Eve of last year, shortly after midnight, a barrage of rockets was fired at Israel from Gaza, triggering a wave of rocket sirens in central Israel and the Gaza border area.
Jerusalem Post Staff contributed to this report.
This is a developing story.