Alert sirens sounded Wednesday evening in a number of Gaza border communities as a rocket launched from the Strip exploded in an open field in southern Israel.
The projectile reportedly fell in the area of the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council. There were no reports of damage or injuries in the attack.In response, an Israeli tank opened fire on a Hamas position in the southern Gaza Strip, the IDF said in a statement.Earlier in the evening, a rocket fired from northern Gaza toward Israel failed to clear the border and landed inside the coastal strip, according to reports in Hebrew-language media. There were no reports of damage or casualties in that incident.
On Wednesday morning, the Home Front Command tested emergency alert sirens in Jerusalem and some nearby communities.
Ahead of the test, the IDF said that its system tests and exercises are not connected to any particular incident and are often scheduled months in advance.
Explosions in the northern Gaza Strip from Israeli airstrikes light up the night sky on January 22, 2019. (Screen capture: Channel 13)