A bunch of rockets have been launched from the Gaza Strip towards Israeli territory, the Israeli Defence Forces said in the early hours of Wednesday.
Sirens warning of rocket fire sounded in southern Israel, it added.
🚨 Air-raid sirens are sounding in southern Israel 🚨
— Israel Defense Forces (@IDF) September 16, 2020
Meanwhile, alleged footage of the rocket launch from Gaza has been shared on social media. Tere have been no reports of possible casualties.
CCTV footage of the rocket launches from northern Gaza a short while ago pic.twitter.com/gNnq3cAJUq
— Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian (@manniefabian) September 16, 2020
Earlier, rocket warning alarms went on in the southern Israel cities of Ashkelon and Ashdod, close to the border with Gaza.
The attack followed the US-brokered Abraham Accords signed by the UAE and Bahrain at the White House hours earlier, establishing diplomatic ties with Israel. The agreements were met negatively in Palestine, which Israel refuses to recognise as an independent political entity.
The UAE and Bahrain became the third and the fourth states to recognise Israel after Egypt and Jordan did so in 1979 and 1994, respectively.
