Renewed escalation: Hours after the IDF killed a terrorist cell which was behind the Grad rocket attack on south Israel earlier this week, three rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip at southern communities on Saturday. A couple of hours later there was a second rocket barrage. The MDA declared a mass-casualty event.
A man in his 50s was hit by shrapnel sustaining light wounds. He was hit while out searching for his son and was taken to the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot. One of the rockets landed in a school courtyard in Ashdod causing no injuries. Another landed in an open area near Be’er Tuvia. Later, two mortar shells were fired at the Eshkol Regional Council. No injuries were reported. Another rocket fired towards the Negev exploded in an open field near Bnei Shimon Regional Council.
Ashkelon resident Moshe Ami, 56, died Saturday after sustaining serious shrapnel wounds by a rocket fired at Ashkelon as part of a relentless attack from Gaza. Another victim was lightly injured. Both were taken to the Barzilai Medical Center.
Al-Quds Brigades, Islamic Jihad’s military wing claimed responsibility for the attack. The group stressed this was just the first response to the IDF strike.
A couple of hours later, an additional barrage from Gaza was noted. One rocket hit an 5-story residential building in Ashdod. One person was lightly injured and several suffered anxiety attacks. Damage was caused to the building and several vehicles caught fire. Shortly thereafter a rocket hit a house in Ashkelon. There were no injuries.
The rocket exploded some two meters from the building itself with shrapnel hitting the structure. Vehicles parked outside the building suffered the greatest damage. MDA forces and firefighters are working at the scene. Sappers removed the rocket parts.
A total of three rockets were fired prompting alarms in Ofakim and Netivot.
Meanwhile, two mortar shells landed in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council and a rocket exploded in Hof Ashkelon Regional Council. No injuries or damage were reported.
Milan, who resides in Ashdod was at work when the alarm sounded. “My wife called hysterical and told me there was an alarm, she is with a small child at home. I’m scared and can’t leave for work when my wife is with the little girl. This needs to be resolved once and for all.”
The Rebbe instructed what to do, these terrorists must be punished hard and decisively, they only fear punishment, not the bombing of empty buildings. It is simple, we must follow Halacha, which as the Rebbe explaind does not allow us to give one inch of land to these killers. As we can see when every time the Rebbes advice is not followed we only have losses and tradgedy Every time a rocket is launched against israel, they need to level that entire neighborhood with out warning, it should be turnd in to flat dessert. We can stop all these attacks… Read more »
“what, one air strike wasn’t enough?”
no, and it never will be enough.
time to use napalm on a broad scale.
but think about a positive aspect; its amazing how after all these rockets, there was only one casualty. we have a g-d watching over israel! am yisrael chai!
How much more can we take with these arabs!
very soory to hear one person died bdh
it was more the 30′ tilim’ rockets that were thrown from gaza.
HASHEM PLEASE SEND MOSHIACH