In false alarm, rocket sirens sound in Gaza border towns

Rocket sirens sounded Sunday morning in the Eshkol region along the border with the Gaza Strip, in what the army said was a false alarm.

The IDF did not immediately indicate what tripped the warning system, and was investigating the incident.

Recent months have seen sporadic rocket attacks from Salafist groups in the Gaza Strip and the Islamic State affiliate in the Sinai.

The most recent attack was on April 10, the eve of Passover, from the Sinai, in which a greenhouse was hit by a rocket. In March, two projectiles were launched at southern Israeli cities from Gaza. No one was injured in any of the attacks.

Hamas, the terror group that rules Gaza, has largely refrained from firing rockets into Israel since it fought a devastating war with Israel in 2014. Recent rocket launches have often been ascribed to radical Salafist groups in the Strip.

Still, Israel has routinely responded by striking Hamas targets, with the military saying it holds Hamas responsible for any attacks emanating from the territory it controls.

In recent months, the sirens have been triggered a number of times in false alarms.