Gaza missiles trigger sirens in Tel Aviv on Hamas attack anniversary

Projectiles fired from Gaza set off sirens in central Tel Aviv as Israel marks the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ 7 October attack, which sparked a broader ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

There were no immediate reports of damage or injury. Incidentally, Hamas’ attack one year ago also began with a volley of rockets from Gaza.

Earlier on Monday, Israeli strikes hit two makeshift points used by Hamas-run police at a hospital in central Gaza, wounding a journalist. There were no police present at the sites when they were hit.

Ali al-Attar, a journalist working for Al Jazeera, was hit by shrapnel while he was inside a tent used by reporters nearby, according to an AP reporter.

Hamas, which has ruled over Gaza since 2007, operated a police force numbering in the tens of thousands before the war. They have adopted a low profile after being repeatedly targeted by Israeli strikes but still maintain control on the ground.

Hezbollah vows to keep fighting Israel

Meanwhile, Hezbollah reaffirmed its commitment to support Hamas by fighting Israel along Lebanon’s southern border.

The statement on Monday came a year after its allies from the Palestinian Hamas group staged a surprise attack into southern Israel, setting off the war, and amid ongoing intense Israeli airstrikes and a ground incursion into Lebanon.

Hezbollah maintains that it will stop its attacks if there is a ceasefire in Gaza, although its longtime leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed. Large swaths of southern and eastern Lebanon have been targeted in Israeli airstrikes in recent weeks.

“We are confident, God willing, in the ability of our resistance to repel the aggression, and in our great and resistant people to be patient, steadfast, and endure until this calamity is removed,” Hezbollah said.

The Lebanese government estimates that some 1.2 million people in Lebanon have been displaced, mainly during the escalations less than a month ago.

Hezbollah also praised Iran and other Tehran-backed groups in the region, notably Yemen’s Houthis and Iraqi Shiite militias, for their attacks on Israel.