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Rockets rain down on south after Israel assassinates leader of Hamas military wing in the Gaza Strip | The Times of Israel.

One woman injured when Grad slams into a store in Beersheba; Iron Dome downs 15 incoming rockets; residents of south instructed to remain within 15 seconds of shelter

A trail of smoke is seen as a rocket is launched from the Gaza Strip toward the southern Israeli city of Sderot, November 11, 2012 (photo credit: Edi Israel/Flash90)

Sirens wailed in the city of Beersheba Wednesday night as residents across southern Israel took shelter from incoming rockets fired from the Gaza Strip. The attacks came in the wake of the assassination of Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari, which marked the beginning of Operation Pillar of Defense against terror targets in the Gaza Strip.

The Iron Dome system downed some 15 rockets over Beersheba and towns surrounding the Gaza Strip. All in all, over 20 rockets were launched by Palestinian terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip, including seven long-range Grad rockets fired at Beersheba.

One rocket scored a direct hit on a store in the city, lightly injuring one woman. Another slammed into a car, and there were reports of damage to several buildings.

Residents of the south were instructed to remain within 15 seconds of bomb shelters or reinforced rooms.

Shortly after the assassination of Jabari, several rockets fell outside the coastal city of Ashkelon and in the border region of Eshkol.

In response to Jabari’s death, Hamas’s military wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, had proclaimed that the “occupation opened the gates of hell on itself.”

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