The Al-Qassam Brigades announced today, Friday, that they have targeted the city of Beer Sheva with a rocket barrage "in response to the massacres against civilians." Israeli media reported scenes of rockets falling in the city. Hebrew media indicated that EMTs transported a settler to the hospital after she was hit by shrapnel. Israeli Channel 14 stated, "Hamas is firing rockets at Israel with the same intensity as in the early weeks of the war." This marks the first time since last December that sirens were heard in the city. The escalation in Al-Qassam operations comes as Israeli media reported that the War Cabinet has decided to intensify operations in Rafah, despite President Joe Biden's warning to suspend arms shipments to Israel if it fully invades Rafah.