Sirens heard south of Tel Aviv as Hamas says fires rocket at city

A usually crowded beach in Tel Aviv is nearly deserted on August 25, 2024, amid cross-border hostilities between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah group. (AFP)
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Updated 25 August 2024
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Sirens heard south of Tel Aviv as Hamas says fires rocket at city

TEL AVIV: Hamas said it fired a rocket at Tel Aviv on Sunday, while the Israeli military said it landed “in an open area” in Rishon LeTsiyon, a city located south of the commercial hub.
“Following the siren that sounded in Rishon LeTsiyon, one projectile was identified crossing from the southern Gaza Strip and falling in an open area in the area of Rishon LeTsiyon,” the military said in a statement.


Hamas says will give up arms to a Palestinian authority ‘if occupation ends’

Updated 07 December 2025
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Hamas says will give up arms to a Palestinian authority ‘if occupation ends’

  • “We accept the deployment of UN forces as a separation force, tasked with monitoring the borders and ensuring compliance with the ceasefire in Gaza,” Hayya says

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories: Hamas said Saturday it was ready to hand over its weapons in the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian authority governing the territory on the condition that the Israeli army’s occupation ends.
“Our weapons are linked to the existence of the occupation and the aggression,” Hamas chief negotiator and its Gaza chief Khalil Al-Hayya said in a statement, adding: “If the occupation ends, these weapons will be placed under the authority of the state.” Asked by AFP, Hayya’s bureau said he was referring to a sovereign and independent Palestnian state.
“We accept the deployment of UN forces as a separation force, tasked with monitoring the borders and ensuring compliance with the ceasefire in Gaza,” Hayya added, signalling his group’s rejection of the deployment of an international force in the Strip whose mission would be to disarm it.