JERUSALEM
The Israeli army said Wednesday that three rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip at the southern city of Dimona.
"Two fell in open areas [while] Iron Dome [defense batteries] intercepted the other," the army said on its Twitter account.
No casualties were reported.
The Ezzeddin al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas' military wing, claimed responsibility for the rocket fire.
In a statement, the Brigades said that they had fired three M75 rockets at the southern Israeli city.
Dimona is the location of Israel's nuclear reactor.
Violence raged in the Palestinian territories after Israel launched a military offensive – dubbed "Operation Protective Edge" – with the stated aim of staunching rocket fire from Gaza.
At least 53 Palestinians were killed and scores injured in Israeli attacks in the Palestinian territory, while Gaza-based resistance factions continued to fire rockets into Israel in response to ongoing Israeli airstrikes.
The latest escalations come amid heightened tension over the killing of three teenage Jewish settlers in the West Bank last month and the subsequent murder of a 16-year-old Palestinian boy by Jewish settlers.
By Abdel-Raouf Arnaout
www.aa.com.tr/en
