Sirens wail in south as rocket fired from Gaza

No injuries or damage reported after rocket lands in Sha’ar Hanegev region

Israeli high-school students walk through the yard next to a new rocket-proof school building in the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council (photo credit: AP/Tsafrir Abayov/File)
Israeli high-school students walk through the yard next to a new rocket-proof school building in the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council (photo credit: AP/Tsafrir Abayov/File)

Emergency sirens sounded in southern Israel Saturday afternoon after a rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip.

The rocket apparently exploded in open areas in the Sha’ar Hanegev region, causing neither injury nor damage. The projectile’s crash site was not immediately located.

According to the IDF’s official figures, 108 rockets from the Gaza Strip have been fired at Israel since the beginning of 2014.

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