2 Gaza rockets strike open areas near Sderot

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.

Local residents were instructed to enter their protected areas after the attack, the Ynet news website reported.