“If the enemy persists in attacking civilian homes, we will turn Ashkelon into an inferno,” al-Qassam Brigades said in a communiqué.

According to a statement released by Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon, 26 Israelis were injured, some seriously, after Palestinian rockets struck three buildings in the heart of Ashkelon.

The Zionist regime’s Channel 13 said that Ashkelon city saw 10 minutes of unprecedented rocket fire.

Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper claimed that at least 50 rockets from Gaza landed in Ashkelon within few minutes and injured a number of Israeli residents.

Earlier Tuesday morning, an Israeli airstrike on an apartment building in Gaza claimed the lives of an elderly woman and two other civilians, including her special needs son.