An Iron Dome launcher fires an interceptor rocket in the southern Israeli city of Ashdod July 9, 2014. At least two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip at Tel Aviv on Wednesday were shot down mid-air by Israel's Iron Dome defense system, the Israeli military said. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (ISRAEL - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR3XQYZ
A rocket siren that sounded in southern Israel near the Gaza border on Tuesday was a false alarm, the Israeli military said.
It went off on the day Palestinians mark the “Nakba”, or “Catastrophe” of their dispossession when Israel was founded 70 years ago, and the day after Israeli forces killed 60 Palestinians during protests at the border.
