While most Israeli children and adults were celebrating the Intermediate Days of the Pesach holiday with various tourist activities around the country, Sderot residents were again forced to race for cover Tuesday evening as the Color Red siren was activated.
Within seconds, two Kassam rockets launched by terrorists in Hamas-controlled northern Gaza slammed into the city.
One of the missiles scored a direct hit on a home, sending several residents into severe emotional shock and causing damage to the structure. The second exploded in an area on the outskirts of the city.
Israeli Air Force pilots immediately took to the skies to retaliate. Palestinian Authority sources said IAF pilots fired missiles at a car carrying terrorists in the southern Gaza town of Khan Yunis. According to unconfirmed reports, a number of passersby were injured in the air strike. It is not clear whether the terrorists were hit.
Earlier on Tuesday, a Kassam rocket was fired at the port city of Ashkelon. The missile exploded in the city's industrial zone. No one was injured and no damage was reported.
Attacks on Monday included the wounding of a 4-year-old when a Kassam rocket hit a car, a near-hit on the mayor of a Negev town, and the firebombing of an Israeli car.