GAZA, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, said Sunday that it attacked southern Israel's Ashdod with a barrage of rockets.

"We attacked the occupied city of Ashdod with a barrage of rockets" in response to the Israeli "massacres" against civilians, the Brigades said in a brief statement.

Israeli army spokesperson Avichay Adraee confirmed in a statement that 10 rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip, noting that most of them were intercepted.

Israel resumed large-scale air and ground assaults on Gaza on March 18. According to Gaza health authorities, these renewed attacks have resulted in the deaths of 1,335 Palestinians and left 3,297 others injured as of Sunday. Enditem

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