Gaza terrorists interrupted the sleep of residents in southern and central Israel on Monday night, as they fired a salvo of rockets towards these regions.

Sirens were heard in the Eshkol region, in Ashdod and in central Israel, including Tel Aviv.

The Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepted a rocket over the Gush Dan region in central Israel, a second rocket over Ashdod and a third rocket over the central Israeli town of Gedera.

A fourth rocket exploded in an open region in Rishon LeZion.

There were no physical injuries or damages.

Earlier Monday, rockets were fired at several communities in the Gaza border area; Ashkelon was targeted as well. No injuries were reported in any of the attacks.

The IDF halted fire for several hours early in the operation in a humanitarian ceasefire, but Hamas took advantage of this and continued to attack Israel.