(ANSA) - TEL AVIV, JUN 18 - After the launch of a rocket from Gaza towards the Israeli coastal town of Ashkelon where the alarm sirens sounded, the army in response hit Hamas positions in the Strip, including a weapons manufacturing site .
This was announced by the military spokesman according to whom the rocket launched from the Strip was intercepted by the Iron Dome, the anti-missile defense system.
Tonight's is the first rocket launched against Israel since last April.
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