Two Sderot residents are being treated for shock after a Kassam rocket exploded several minutes ago in a residential neighborhood in Sderot, a small city in the western Negev and less than a mile from northern Gaza. Two other rockets fired in open fields near nearby kibbutzim.

The attack came after a day of quiet following two days of heavy mortar shelling and rocket fire on the Negev. One rocket reached southern Ashkelon Tuesday and exploded near a strategic site.