Rocket fire renews toward Gaza border communities after 8-hour lull

Judah Ari Gross is The Times of Israel's religions and Diaspora affairs correspondent.

Rockets are fired by Palestinian terrorists toward Israel, near Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, May 19, 2021. (Said Khatib/AFP)
Rockets are fired by Palestinian terrorists toward Israel, near Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, May 19, 2021. (Said Khatib/AFP)

After a nearly eight and a half hour lull, incoming rocket sirens sound in the communities of Nirim and Ein Hashlosha, near the Gaza border.

There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

These communities have repeatedly been targeted by mortar fire over the past 11 days of fighting.

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