Barrages of rockets were fired from the blockaded Gaza Strip on Saturday, killing at least one person in Israel, an AFP journalist and medics said.
Rockets streamed across the sky repeatedly after the first launches from multiple locations across Gaza at 06:30 am , the AFP journalist reported.
The armed wing of Palestinian group Hamas said it was behind the fire, claiming its militants had launched more than 5,000 rockets. Israel's military said Hamas was behind"a combined attack, including the firing of rockets and terrorist infiltrations into Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip." Resuming their passage on September 28 had raised hopes of calming the situation in Gaza, home to 2.3 million people.
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