Gaza-based terrorists attacked the Sderot area Wednesday morning with 14 Kassam rockets, causing no injuries, except for sending two people into shock. At least one parked car sustained damage. Several rockets fell in the area of Kibbutz Mefaslim, near Sderot.

The barrage comes one day after Israel launched a limited counter-terrorist offensive in which eight Arab terrorists died. The government has limited the IDF to short-term incursions despite IDF commanders' estimates that such actions cannot put a stop to the Kassam attacks.