A Grad missile that has been fired from the Gaza Strip hit southern Israel on Tuesday. The incident is the first provocative act that was initiated after almost a full month of peace between Israel and the Palestine following an intense war last summer.
No group has taken credit for the attack as of yet, though initial speculations point to either Hamas or other splinter factions, according to The Washington Free Beacon.
Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) spokesman Peter Lerner has stated that "at least one rocket launched from Gaza struck southern Israel" late last Tuesday. There have been no reports of injuries or damage from the rocket attack, which landed near the town of Gan Yavne, outside of Ashdod, as reported by The Times of Israel.
So far, the number of rockets that have been shot at Israel cannot be ascertained as per IDF reports. Though initial findings state that one has landed, there have been reports that more rockets have been fired.
Some residents in southern Israel have reported hearing multiple blasts, according to The Times of Israel.
Israeli Culture and Sports Minister Miri Regev is convinced that the blame lays on Gaza's Hamas rulers, according to Israel National News.
"It is a shame that Hamas are trying again to escalate the security situation in the south," she said.
"The State of Israel must respond to every instance of fire towards the citizens of Israel," she added.
Yisrael Beytenu party head Avigdor Liberman believes that the current Israeli government must not be intimidated nor fazed by the attack. He believes that the toppling of Hamas rule in the Gaza strip must take precedence.
"A government that is not willing to write as part of its guidelines that it intends to destroy the Hamas regime in Gaza is a government that displays weakness," he said.
"If it does not pull itself together now it might as well end its rule now, immediately after it began, for the benefit of the citizens of Israel and the strength of the state," he added.
