One of the Grad and Katyusha rockets that Arab terrorists fired on Ashkelon Monday morning narrowly missed a nursery for children under the age of 3. The nursery teacher told Voice of Israel government radio that the children were in the middle of eating breakfast when she heard the Color Red alert. The children's teachers managed to take them to a bomb shelter. No one was injured, but they had to calm down the children.

Barzilai Hospital reported that 25 people were treated for shock, and one person suffered light wounds from flying shrapnel.