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Itongadol.- Terrorists from Gaza launched a salvo of mortar shells towards the Eshkol Regional Council on Tuesday, during the very hours that hundreds of thousands attended a funeral in Modi\’in for the three teens who wereabducted and murdered by Hamas terrorists on June 12.
Five mortars were fired from Gaza according to Yedioth Aharonoth, which noted that two of the shells fells in open territory in the Eshkol Regional Council, causing no damage or injury.
The remaining three shells reportedly landed in Gaza, never making it to their target.
Security forces were said to be searching the area to locate the fallen shells after residents reported hearing several explosions. The "Color Red" warning siren was not sounded.
The attack comes as part of an escalating uptick in rocket fire from theHamas-enclave; earlier on Tuesday morning four rockets were fired, after several more were launched in over Monday night.
A total of 15 rockets were fired at Israel by Gaza terrorists overnight Sunday and on Monday morning, mostly peppering the Eshkol Regional Council.
Security sources on Monday announced that Hamas launched the attack, which reportedly marks a first since the end of the counter-terror Operation Pillar of Defense in November 2012. Hamas has not taken responsibility for the rocket fire officially.
While there has been a steady stream of rocket fire even since the Operation Pillar of Defense "ceasefire" that was brokered by Egypt, the Gaza-based Islamic Jihad terror group and terrorist factions other thanHamas have largely claimed the attacks.