Hamas says it launched a barrage of rockets at Tel Aviv

Rockets are launched from northern Gaza on Saturday. Amir Cohen/Reuters

The military wing of Hamas, Al-Qassam Brigades, has launched a barrage of rockets toward Tel Aviv, it said in a statement late Saturday local time.

The group claimed the action is in response to what it calls "Zionist massacres against civilians."

The rockets were fired from a location in the northern Gaza Strip, according to Izzat al-Rishq, a member of Hamas' political bureau.

Earlier Saturday evening, Israel's Iron Dome defense system launched at least a dozen intercepts over central Tel Aviv. It was the second round of threats over the city since the truce between Israel and Hamas ended.