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Southern Israel hit by rocket fire – Israel News, Ynetnews.

At least 10 rockets fired at southern communities, including Beersheba area overnight. Rocket explodes near haredi yeshiva in Ashdod leaving two injured

Shmulik Hadad

Less than half an hour earlier, a Color Red siren was sounded in the Ashdod and Gedera area. A rocket hit an open area near Ashdod. No injuries or damage were reported.

At least 10 rockets were fired at Israel’s southern communities overnight on Friday, less than a day after eight Israelis were killed in multiple terror attacks near Eilat.

 

At around 8:10 am two rockets were fired at Ashdod and Gedera and a Color Red siren was sounded in the area. One of the rockets exploded near a haredi yeshiva in Ashdod. Two people sustained light to moderate wounds and several suffered anxiety attacks. Minor damage was caused to the building. The other rocket apparently landed in an open field.

 

Earlier, at around 5:50 am, a siren was sounded in Beersheba and shortly thereafter a blast was heard as a rocket hit an open field near the city.

 

A rocket also exploded south of Gedera. Rockets were also fired at the Eshkol and Shaar Hanegev regional councils. Sirens were sounded in Ashkelon and Ashdod. There were no reports of injuries or damage.

 

 

Beersheba Mayor Rubik Danilovitch called on residents to adhere to instructions by the defense establishments. An Iron Dome battery was deployed in the city.

 

Also Friday morning, a rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip at Gan Yavne and landed in an open field. Thirty minutes later an additional rocket landed in an open area in the Eshkol Regional Council. There were no reports of injuries or damage in both cases.

 

Earlier, a Color Red alarm was sounded three times across southern communities. In two cases, rockets hit open areas in the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council, and in one case in an open field in the Sdot Negev Regional Council.

 

A total of four rockets were fired at Ashkelon on Thursday, two of which were intercepted by the Iron Dome system. The rockets had been aimed at residential areas. The other two rockets exploded in open areas. Security forces scanned the area. No injuries or damage were reported.

 

Meanwhile, Israel’s Air Force launched extensive strikes in the Gaza Strip. The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit confirmed that IAF jets attacked seven targets in the Gaza Strip in response to Thursday’s terror attacks and the firing of rockets at southern communities.

 

According to the statement, two terror centers and an arms manufacturing warehouse were attacked in the northern Strip, while two smuggling tunnels, a terrorist tunnel and a terror center were attacked in southern Gaza.

 

Palestinians reported that a fire had broken out in one targeted area which left one teen dead and dozens injured.

 

On Thursday, the IDF bombed a Rafah building where senior members of the Popular Resistance Committees, who were behind the Eilat terror attacks, were staying.

 

Palestinian sources reported that six people were killed in the strike, including Kamal Nirab, commander of the PRC’s military wing and Khaled Shaath, a senior member of the terror group.

 

It appears Shaath’s son or daughter were among the fatalities. Imad Hamad and Khaled al-Masri, who were both involved in a number of terror attacks against Israel including the abduction of Gulad Shalit were also killed in the attack.

 

Ilana Curiel and Tova Dadon contributed to this report

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