Palestinian Jihadi group Hamas on Sunday said that it had fired several rocket attacks on Tel Aviv, one of the biggest cities in Israel. This is Hama’s first attack against Israel in Months, apparently meant to be a warning as Benjamin Netanyahu’s armed forces advance against the group’s remaining stronghold in Gaza. According to media reports, air sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and across the middle territories of Israel. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said that Hamas fired at least eight rockets from the city of Rafah. Since Israel’s massive military offensive in Gaza started eight months ago, Hamas has found it hard to fire rockets against the country. Israel was able to nullify most of the rockets in the Sunday attack. There were however reports that two women suffered minor injuries while rushing to a bomb shelter. A few flights from and into the Ben Gurion airport were either delayed or canceled. In a statement on its Telegram account, Hamas’ military wing that it launched the rockets in response to Israel massacring Palestinian civilians. Israel conducted airstrikes in Rafah on Sunday, killing at least five civilians, according to emergency workers. Responding on X after the Hamas rocket attacks, Israel’s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said that it is time for the country to invade Rafah with the full might of its military. Another member of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, Benny Gantz said that the rocket attacks from Rafah are proof that the Israeli armed forces must conduct operations wherever Hamas is. There have been reports that Hamas had managed to abduct an IDF soldier. The Israeli government however rubbished those claims. On Saturday, Hamas published a video that appeared to depict its fighters dragging an unconscious Israeli soldier through one of their tunnels. Israeli Military Despite a ruling by the  International Court of Justice, Israel has gone ahead with a military operation in Rafah. In the ruling, the ICJ ordered Israel to halt the planned offensive, stating that it would make worse an already pathetic humanitarian crisis that the Palestinians are having to endure. Almost one year since the Israeli offensive in Gaza began, Rafah remains the only place that has not seen ground fighting between the opposing sides. Many Palestinians had sought shelter there when Israel began its war. Defying the ICJ and pressure from the international community, Israel has repeatedly said that a ground military campaign in Rafah is vital in its efforts to completely defeat Hamas. Israel believes that the militant group’s top leadership and four armed battalions are seeking shelter in Rafah. According to Israel, the remaining Hamas fighters in Rafah are using Israeli hostages as their human shields. On October 7, Hamas launched a surprise attack in Gaza. An estimated 1200 people lost their lives. Hamas took 250 Israeli civilians as hostages. Israel responded with a massive military attack in Gaza, where over 3,6000 people, most of them civilians, have been killed. Attempts at ending the war, or at least getting a truce between Israel and Hamas, have all failed. The last round of talks in Qatar with the United States acting as a mediator, ended after Israel launched their operation in Rafah. Israeli media reported that US officials on Friday met Qatari and Israeli mediators in Paris, in an attempt to get the negotiations back on track. Hamas has however denied these reports, saying that a new date for discussions has not yet been decided.