Britain has condemned the firing of five rockets from Gaza into the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon yesterday.
Minister for the Middle East, Hugh Robertson said that the rockets fired into Israel were a “violation of international law”.
“All parties must respect the November 2012 ceasefire agreement in full,” he said. “The people of Gaza and Israel will only lose from further violence.”
The rockets, launched at just before 2am were successfully intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome missile defence system, which has been in operation since 2011.
