The Israeli military has concluded that the militant Hamas group of Gaza fired two rockets toward the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv. The Israeli military is reporting air-raid sirens in southern Israel, signalling new rocket fire out of the Gaza Strip. The apparent rocket fire came in response to Israeli airstrikes, launched after an early rocket attack on Tel Aviv. The Israeli military says it has begun attacking sites in the Gaza Strip in response to a rocket attack on Tel Aviv. ——Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired two rockets toward Tel Aviv late Thursday, the Israeli military said, marking a significant escalation that raised the likelihood of a harsh Israeli reprisal.

Source: National Post March 14, 2019 23:35 UTC