A long-range rocket launched from the Gaza Strip struck a house in central Israel on Monday, wounding six people in the first such incident since a 2014 war in the Palestinian enclave, Israeli authorities said. Israel's commercial capital and outlying communities had last come under such an attack during the 2014 war with Gaza's dominant Hamas Islamists. Emmanuel Nahshon, spokesman for Israel's Foreign Ministry, said the home in Mishmeret was hit by a rocket from Gaza. Two rockets were launched at Tel Aviv on March 14 but caused no casualties or damage, Israel said. His chief rival in next month's election, centrist ex-general Benny Gantz, issued a statement accusing the rightist premier of having "bankrupted national security".

Source: The Star March 25, 2019 05:43 UTC