Two Defense Ministry buses rolled out of Sderot Thursday, taking residents to a Soldiers’ Association hostel in the northern community of Givat Olga. Officials told reporters they were taking the residents for a “respite.”
Hundreds of residents have already left the besieged city, despite pleas by Mayor Eli Moyal for them to stand firm in the face of terror.
Hundreds more planned to leave Thursday as rocket fire continued. One person was injured and several others severely traumatized when a Kassam rocket slammed into a school next to Sapir College in the city.
In the nearby community of Sha’ar HaNegev, two high school students were lightly wounded when another rocket exploded in a second-floor classroom. The graduating students were studying for their final exams at the time in classrooms on the floor below.
Hundreds of residents have already left the besieged city, despite pleas by Mayor Eli Moyal for them to stand firm in the face of terror.
Hundreds more planned to leave Thursday as rocket fire continued. One person was injured and several others severely traumatized when a Kassam rocket slammed into a school next to Sapir College in the city.
In the nearby community of Sha’ar HaNegev, two high school students were lightly wounded when another rocket exploded in a second-floor classroom. The graduating students were studying for their final exams at the time in classrooms on the floor below.