Israel's Iron Dome air defence system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip. Jerusalem: Israel has faced the highest ever rate of rocket attacks on its territory during its latest confrontation with the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas that controls Gaza, the army said Sunday. Since Monday, armed groups in Gaza have fired about 3,000 rockets towards Israel, surpassing the pace during an escalation in 2019 and during the 2006 war with Lebanon's Hezbollah, said Major General Ori Gordin. Mr. Gordin, commander of Israel's home front, presented a graphic to reporters with data of rockets fired toward Israel in past years and now. During an escalation in November 2019 between the army and the Islamic Jihad group, 570 rockets were fired from Gaza towards Israel over three days.