IDF responds after Hamas hits Israeli cities in rocket attack: 'Must pay a heavy price'

Israel struck backmost connected Sunday aft Hamas terrorists launched respective rockets towards towns successful the Southern District of Israel connected Sunday.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it deed the rocket launchers successful the Gaza Strip from which the projectiles were launched earlier Sunday toward Israel. 

The rockets were fired from cardinal Gaza towards Ashdod and Ashkelon connected Sunday evening. There were reports of harm and debris successful respective locations.

There were 10 rockets successful total, and Israeli forces lone intercepted half.

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Israeli soldiers beryllium connected a vessel arsenic it is taking presumption successful beforehand of the bluish Gaza Strip arsenic seen from a presumption connected the Israeli broadside of the borderline connected March 18, 2025 successful Southern Israel, Israel. (Amir Levy/Getty Images)

"Approximately 5 projectiles were successfully intercepted by the IAF [Israeli Air Force]," the subject explained. "Falls were identified successful respective areas."

"IDF Home Front Command soldiers are dispatched to the scenes and are operating successful practice with Israeli information forces."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was aboriginal briefed connected the onslaught and commanded "a forceful effect and approved the continued intensified IDF operations successful Gaza against Hamas."

"I instructed the IDF to widen the subject cognition and woody Hamas a dense stroke successful effect to the launches," Israeli Minister of Defense Israel Katz said successful a statement. "For each shrapnel that harms a nonmigratory of Ashkelon, the Hamas murderers indispensable wage a dense price."

Later connected X, the IDF shared on-the-ground footage of a vicinity that was struck by a rocket. The video showed aggregate exigency vehicles blaring lights astatine nighttime arsenic archetypal responders tended to a residential neighborhood.

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"This is conscionable 1 vicinity successful Israel deed by Hamas rocket occurrence tonight," the station read. "Hamas continues to fell down Gazan civilians portion firing astatine Israeli civilians."

"We volition proceed to support Israelis from the menace of terrorism," the IDF added.

The latest rocket attacks came arsenic the IDF continues targeting violent cells crossed the Middle East. Last week, Israel launched a question of airstrikes connected Syrian subject airfields, which were intended to beryllium "a wide connection to Turkey not to interfere with Israeli aerial operations successful Syrian airspace." 

On Friday, the IDF confirmed that it had killed the violent person liable for sidesplitting Shiri, Kfir and Ariel Bibas.

Israeli troops deployed to Gaza, seen successful March 2025. (IDF)

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"As portion of his relation successful the violent organization, Mohammad Awad was actively progressive until his decease successful recruiting panic operatives successful Judea and Samaria and wrong Israel, done whom helium utilized to program and transportation retired attacks against Israelis," the IDF said astatine the time.

Fox News' Yael Rotem-Kuriel, Caitlin McFall and Efrat Lachter contributed to this report.