Israel says intercepted two projectiles fired from central Gaza

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Published On: 01 Jan 2025, 09:07

JERUSALEM, Jan 1, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Israel's military said two projectiles were fired from Gaza on Wednesday in the first minutes of the new year, one of which was intercepted while the other landed in an open area.

Alert sirens sounded around midnight (2200 GMT) in the western Negev, the Israeli military said, and "two projectiles were identified crossing from the central Gaza Strip into Israeli territory".

"One projectile was successfully intercepted and the second projectile fell in an open area," the army said on Telegram.

The military said it has intercepted several rockets fired from northern Gaza in recent days.

Since October, Israeli operations in Gaza have focused on the north, with officials saying their land and air offensive aims to prevent Hamas from regrouping.

The Gaza war was triggered by the unprecedented Hamas-led October 7, 2023, attack on Israel, which resulted in 1,208 deaths -- mostly civilians -- according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.

Israel's retaliatory military campaign has killed more than 45,500 people in Gaza, a majority of them civilians, according to figures from the Hamas-run territory's health ministry.

The UN considers those figures reliable.

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