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A rocket fired from Gaza hit a house in the Israeli border town of Sderot on Monday, while another projectile was intercepted by air-defence systems and a third landed in an uninhabited area, the Israeli military said.

Three officials acknowledged progress has been made and said the coming days would be critical for ending more than 15 months of fighting that has destabilized the Middle East.

President Joe Biden and his top diplomats, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken, had sought closure during his term.

Israeli warplanes and artillery struck the northern Gaza Strip shortly after Israel and Hamas missed a ceasefire deadline.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken had said the U.S. wanted a ceasefire deal in Gaza and all remaining captives released before Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20.

Dabaji, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike that hit an apartment in Deir Al-Balah, at Al-Aqsa Hospital morgue in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.  Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip,

That attack, during which rampaging terrorists murdered at least 70 people in Sderot, was launched under cover of a barrage of thousands of rockets fired from Gaza across many areas of Israel.

Multiple rockets were launched from the northern Gaza Strip towards Israel, with three of them targeting the southern border city of Sderot. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed that one rocket was intercepted,

The rocket broke a fence and damaged a sidewalk, with shrapnel also striking a gas tank. Miraculously, the tank leaked fluid but did not explode.

Terrorists fired three rockets from the Gaza Strip late Monday morning, with one scoring a direct hit in the southern Israeli border city of Sderot, causing minor damage to a home. Another rocket was intercepted and the third projectile fell in an open area, according to the Israel Defense Forces.