Palestinian militants launched rockets into Tel Aviv for the second day on Friday and almost hit the Israel's capital city of Jerusalem for the first time in decades, according to Reuters.

The attacks happened shortly after Egypt's prime minister paid a visit to the Gaza Strip and expressed his support for the Palestinian efforts against what he called Israeli aggression.

It was the first Palestinian rocket since 1970 to reach the vicinity of the holy city of Jerusalem and rockets nearly hit Tel Aviv on Thursday for the first time since Saddam Hussein's Iraq fired them during the Gulf War, according to the news report.

The Israeli Defense Force confirmed via Twitter on Friday that a Hamas rocket launched from Gaza struck outside the streets of Jerusalem. They also noted that sirens were wailing through the streets of Jerusalem, where in local time the weekly holiday of Shabbath has already began for the religious Jews living there. Three IDF soldiers were injured in southern Israel by a rocket launched from Gaza and three people died on Thursday.

"The Israel Defense Forces will continue to hit Hamas hard and are prepared to broaden the action inside Gaza," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

Israeli Channel 2 TV showed Tel Aviv's residents seeking shelter and lying down on the ground after the air-raid sirens went off.

Israel bombed Gaza on Wednesday in what they said was response to Hamas missiles fired in the area. Their bombing killed Hamas Military Chief Ahmed Jabari. Hamas then sent out rockets in retaliation and have not stopped since.

In a televised address on the matter, Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi said, "We are in contact with the people of Gaza and with Palestinians and we stand by them until we stop the aggression. The Israelis must realize that this aggression is unacceptable and would only lead to instability in the region."