Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas, claimed responsibility for a large-scale rocket attack on Israel’s commercial hub of Tel Aviv on Sunday. The attack was a response to alleged Israeli attacks that killed civilians, according to a statement posted on Telegram.
Hamas’ armed wing declared that it had targeted Tel Aviv with a “large rocket barrage” in retaliation to the “Zionist massacres against civilians.”
Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades is designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, the European Union, and Israel. The group has been responsible for numerous attacks against Israeli targets, including rocket attacks, suicide bombings, and kidnappings.
The rocket barrage on Tel Aviv is the latest escalation in the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. The two sides have been engaged in a tit-for-tat exchange of fire since May, when Hamas launched a series of rockets into Israel in response to Israeli police actions at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem.
The conflict has resulted in the deaths of hundreds of people, both Israeli and Palestinian. The international community has called for a ceasefire, but both sides have so far refused to agree to one.
