Scared tourists watched from their apartment window as Hamas rockets flew across the night sky towards the Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Wednesday (May 13).

"We were scared," said Katia, a tourist from Russia who filmed the rockets attack from her apartment window.

"I have been in Israel for 10 days. This is the first shelling that I've seen and heard in my life," she added.

This footage was filmed and produced 12 May 2021.
The IDF says over 1,050 rockets and mortar shells have been fired from the Gaza Strip toward Israel since the outbreak of fighting on Monday evening, with 200 failing to clear the border and landing inside the enclave.

IDF Spokesperson Hidai Zilberman says the Iron Dome air defense system had an interception rate between 85 and 90 percent of rockets heading toward populated areas.

In response, the IDF launched strikes on upwards of 500 targets in the Gaza Strip, aimed at Hamas personnel, weaponry and infrastructure, Zilberman says.

Video shows Hamas militants launching fresh rocket attacks towards Tel Aviv.
"We were scared. Nobody expected. I have been in Israel for 10 days. This is the first shelling that I see and hear in my life", said Katia, author of the video.