Two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel on Thursday evening. The first rocket exploded in the Ashkelon area in an open area and the second one also landed in an open area Eshkol Regional Council later in the evening.
No injury or damage was reported.
Prior to first the rocket's landing, a Code Red missile alert siren went off in Ashkelon and surrounding areas.
Contrary to reports in a number of Israeli media outlets, the IDF confirmed that there was no interception of the rocket by the Iron Dome rocket defense system.
Last week the Iron Dome rocket defense system intercepted a rocket over the southern city of Eilat. There were no reports of injuries or damage in that attack.
The Sinai-based jihadist organization Ansar Beit al-Maqdis has claimed credit for the Eilat attack.