(IsraelNN.com) Hundreds of protesters marched to the main entrance to Jerusalem on Monday night as part of a rolling series of
Activists called for the government to put an end to Palestinian Authority rocket attacks.
demonstrations on behalf of Sderot and other battered Negev communities.

A large number of police officers accompanied the protesters, most of whom came from Sderot and Jerusalem. The activists called for the government to put an end to Palestinian Authority rocket attacks on the western Negev. 

Five protesters were detained by Jerusalem police for questioning. They were accused of disorderly conduct. Four activists were also detained near Meron, in the Galilee, as they protested alongside a highway in solidarity with the Jerusalem event.

Sderot resident Elad Kalimi explained that the demonstration "is no longer a protest. It is an expression of rage... We live like sitting ducks."  Kalimi said that drivers had expressed support during protests in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, even when protesters blocked roads. Activists plan to protest in the south and the north as well, he said.

The Monday night protest capped a day of protest and road-blockings in Tel Aviv, and followed similar nonviolent direct action in Jerusalem on Sunday.

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Protest in Jerusalem for Sderot security
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Protest in Jerusalem for Sderot security
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Spent Kassam rocket at the Jerusalem protest
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"Sderot in My Heart"
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As the protests continued, so did PA attacks on Jewish towns in the Negev. Gaza terrorists launched an attack on the western Negev Tuesday afternoon. One Kassam rocket exploded in an area south of the coastal city of Ashkelon. Earlier in the day, there were seven rockets and mortar attacks in the area of the Negev communities Alumim and Nachal Oz. No injuries were reported in the shellings, but a Golani Brigade soldier was lightly injured in a shootout with a group of armed terrorists in northern Gaza. On Monday, terrorists fired two rockets at Ashkelon and a second Israeli town. Those rockets landed in open areas.

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Overnight Monday, IDF infantry, tanks and combat engineering forces entered northern Gaza to carry out operations against the terrorist infrastructure there.