The Times of Israel reports, citing Israeli services. No damage was caused and a joint statement from security agencies stressed that Netanyahu and his family were not at home at the time. An inquiry has been launched, according to the police and Shin Bet, who have also condemned “the terrible event, that marks an unacceptable escalation.” “Three individuals were taken into custody without providing any information about the identities of those detained, The Times of Israel stated, referring to police sources, that it was “early this morning.”
Israeli President Isaac Herzog warned “against an increase in violence in the public sphere.” “I spoke with the head of the Shin Bet and expressed the urgent need to investigate and take swift action against individuals who caused the catastrophe,” Herzog wrote in a post on X. It was not immediately clear who was behind the rockets, but condemnation was unanimous across the Israeli political spectrum, the Times of Israel reports.
Both National Unity Chairman Benny Gantz and opposition leader Yair Lapid released remarks denouncing the event and urging police “to bring the culprits to fairness.”As stated by Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, “the violence against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu surpasses all limits” and tonight’s incident passes an additional red boundary.”
Today it is a rocket and tomorrow it is live fire,” he said, calling for an end to “the incitement against Netanyahu and his family.”
Echoing Ben Gvir, Housing Minister Yitzhak Goldknopf says the incident “is a direct result of the wild incitement against the Israeli government and its leader, which has engulfed the country in several months,” Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich argues that “the violence is destroying the basis of Israeli democracy.”