Hamas Launches Rocket Barrage at Tel Aviv

The armed wing of Palestinian militant group Hamas said it had launched a "large rocket barrage" at Israel's commercial hub of Tel Aviv.

The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades said that they had targeted Tel Aviv "with a large rocket barrage in response to the Zionist massacres against civilians".

Deadly fighting rocked the Gaza Strip and Hamas militants fired a salvo of rockets at Israel's commercial hub Tel Aviv, sending people scrambling for shelter.

While Israel's main focus is to free the remaining hostages, Hamas has insisted on a permanent end to the fighting -- a demand Netanyahu has rejected.

The official had said that "there is an intention to renew these talks this week" after negotiations involving US, Qatari and Egyptian mediators stalled in early May.

Shortly afterwards, Hamas's armed wing said it had targeted Tel Aviv with a large rocket barrage in response to the Zionist (Israeli) massacres against civilians''.

Israel's army said at least eight rockets were fired from Gaza's far-southern city of Rafah and that "a number of the projectiles were intercepted", with no reports of casualties.

Netanyahu has vowed to destroy Hamas to prevent any repeat of the kind of attack the Palestinian Islamist group launched on October 7, but has also faced growing domestic and international criticism.

Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed at least 35,984 people in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to the Hamas-run territory's health ministry.

Fighting has centered on Rafah, where Israel launched a ground operation in early May despite widespread opposition over concerns for civilians sheltering there.

Aid trucks from Egypt began entering Gaza through Kerem Shalom crossing, after Cairo has refused to coordinate aid through Rafah as long as Israeli troops control the Palestinian side of the crossing.