Tel Aviv takes cover as Hamas targets Israel with rocket barrage

An Israeli female soldier sits atop a tank in a staging area near the Gaza border in southern Israel (Tsafrir Abayov/AP)

Hamas fired a barrage of rockets from Gaza that set off air raid sirens as far away as Tel Aviv for the first time in months in a show of resilience more than seven months into Israel’s massive air, sea and ground offensive.

There were no immediate reports of casualties in what appeared to be the first long-range rocket attack from Gaza since January.