A number of hours ago, a Grad missile fired from the Gaza Strip in Ashdod, 5 kilometers from the city center. Over 200,000 Israeli residents live in Ashdod, a port city in southern Israel.

Archive: Israeli cities under attack by rocket fire. Photo: Reuters

An Israeli Air Force (IAF) aircraft targeted a terrorist in the northern Gaza Strip, in the same location from which the Grad missile was fired towards Ashdod. A hit was confirmed.