At least two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip struck open areas near the southern city of Sderot on Friday night, hours after two people were killed and seven wounded in a shooting attack by a suspected Arab Israeli gunman in Tel Aviv.
A total of five rockets were fired, Channel 2 television reported. Three exploded before they crossed the border, the report said.
There were no immediate reports of any injuries.
Air raid sirens sounded in communities bordering the Hamas-ruled Strip shortly after 11 p.m., followed by reports of sounds of explosions near Sderot.
Channel 2 said that air raid sirens had not sounded in Sderot. Security forces were searching the area for the landing sites, the TV said.
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Local residents were instructed to enter their protected areas after the attack, the Ynet news website reported.
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