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Man wounded in Beersheba attack dies of his wo… JPost – Defense.

    One man died Saturday from injuries sustained when a rocket fired from Gaza exploded in Beersheba. Sirens were heard in Beersheba shortly before a rocket salvo landed in the city, hitting a vehicle and private residence. Three others who were evacuated to the Soroka University Medical Center were being treated for injuried, two were in serious condition and one sustained moderate injuries. The attack was one in a wider barrage of rockets, with locals reporting hearing at least 11 explosion.

Moments before, a Grad rocket from Gaza landed on a home in Ofakim, starting a fire and sending shrapnel and debris flying that injured a four-month-old baby, a nine-year-old boy and a man in his early 20s. Emergency crews put out the fire and paramedics evacuated the three to the Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheba to be treated for light injuries.

Three other Grad rockets were fired from Gaza at the city, one of which landed on a business causing no injuries.

Hamas claimed responsibility for the rockets fired at Beersheba and Ofakim, Channel 2 reported.

In the afternoon, a Grad rocket fired from the Gaza Strip toward Ashkelon was intercepted by the Iron Dome rocket defense system. The Color Red warning siren was sounded in the city prior to the interception. Later five mortars landed in the Eshkol regional council, one of which landed in an area kibbutz causing light damage to one building. Sixteen rockets from Gaza landed in the Eshkol Regional Council alone over the weekend.

Rocket fire from the Gaza Strip intensified Saturday morning in the second day of attacks that followed IDF strikes on the Strip, responding to a deadly terror attack near Eilat Thursday, in which eight Israelis were killed and dozens injured. The IDF Spokesman’s Office said that over 45 rockets have been fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip in the past 48 hours. Buy Saturday evening, the number was above 50.

Police bomb squad officers have retrieved the remains of 18 rockets. The Lachish sub district was hit with 28 rockets, the Negev region was hit with nine rockets. Four people were seriously injured in total, one was moderately injured, and four were lightly injured. There are four people suffering from shock.Police have instructed residents of the south to remain in safe zones and to remain tuned in to instructions from the IDF Home Front Command.

Early Saturday morning, three Palestinians working in Israel were injured when a number of Grad rockets exploded in southern Ashdod.

Emergency sirens could be heard throughout the city before the blasts. A paramedics team that was dispatched to the site of the blast in Ashdod said it was treating three men in their 20s for injuries including shrapnel to the neck, chest, and other parts of the body. Two were in serious condition.

Later Saturday morning, a Grad rocket exploded in an open field north of Beersheba in the Bnei Shimon Regional Council. Eight people were hospitalized at Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheba with light injuries sustained while running for shelter as rocket sirens sounded and suffering from shock.

Police response teams located two rocket impact zones in the Gaza border area. Two civilians were suffering from shock at one scene and parked vehicles were damaged. The second impact hit in an open area. Minutes earlier, a mortar shell exploded in a kibbutz in the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council. One person suffered from shock in that attack. Shortly thereafter, two rockets exploded in a Sha’ar Hanegev kibbutz. No injuries were reported in that attack.

Also Saturday morning, an explosion was heard in the northern Lacish area. A spokeswoman for the Yoav Regional Council reported that an air raid siren was heard in her area a few minutes ago. No injuries or damages are known.

Southern Police Chief Cmdr. Yossi Prienti held a special evaluation on Saturday with representatives from the IDF, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), the Home Front Command and Magen David Adom officials. The meeting concluded with a decision to maintain an increase in numbers of emergency forces in the southern district, many of whom were sent as reinforcements since the Eilat terror attack of Thursday.

The reinforcements are designed to allow swift arrival at numerous rocket impact zones. All public events have been canceled. Police will continue to be on increased patrols in Eilat and in the hotel region, and checkpoints will remain in the area to check all incoming traffic.

Late Friday night, a Kassam rocket exploded in the Eshkol Regional Council in an open field, causing no injuries or damage.

The IAF launched a number of air strikes at the Gaza Strip Friday night in response to Thursday’s terror attack the continuing rocket fire, killing at least one Palestinian Resistance Committee (PRC) leader and hitting tunnels used to infiltrate Israel as well as weapons caches.

Earlier in the evening, an Iron Dome anti-missile battery successfully intercepted a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip toward Ashkelon.

Three rockets exploded in the Eshkol Regional council Friday night over a period of several hours. No injuries or damages were reported.

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