WATCH: Rockets strike Tel Aviv; Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades takes responsibility

Two rockets were targeted in Israel’s capital Tel Aviv on Friday in span on half-an-hour.

Reports of another rocket impact in Tel Aviv, in the Jaffa area pic.twitter.com/oThLVRKVcN

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The first rocket hit a building in Tel Aviv. At the time of filing this report, three people, including 20-year-old man, were injured in the rocket attack in Israel.

Reports of a direct rocket impact in Tel Aviv pic.twitter.com/eoL397rpTC

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Hamas takes responsibility

Hamas’ Al-Qassam Brigades claimed responsibility for the second barrage to target the Tel Aviv area in under half an hour, after also claiming the first.

“The Al-Qassam Brigades has renewed bombing Tel Aviv in response to Zionist massacres against civilians,” it said.

Video of the rocket attacks in Tel Aviv showed smoke rising from a building with a large fireball going up.

Meanwhile a report by Channel 12 said at least eight other rockets were intercepted. The interceptions were captured by several TV cameras.

Footage shows the moment of the rocket impact in Tel Aviv pic.twitter.com/BnyWYeDRgd

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Rocket sirens were sounded in the Tel Aviv area, including suburbs of the city.

Rocket sirens were also sounded in Ashdod.

Reports of a direct rocket impact in Tel Aviv pic.twitter.com/eoL397rpTC

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The attack appeared to be the first outside the immediate area abutting Gaza since Thursday night.

After the first rocket attack, sirens were later sounded for the second time in a day in Tel Aviv and the Shfela (Judean lowlands) area southeast of the city.

Suburbs east of Tel Aviv were also included in the alert.

More details are awaited