(IsraelNN.com) A 70-year-old woman was killed early Monday evening when Palestinian Authority terrorists fired a rocket into the western Negev community she was visiting. The victim has been named as 70-year-old Shuli Katz, a resident of Kibbutz Gevaram.

13-year-old Israeli boy returns to his destroyed bedroom which suffered a direct hit by a Kassam rocket while he was sleeping in the room. Sderot 10May08
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The enemy rocket, apparently an Iranian supplied Russian Grad model Katyusha, slammed into the residential area of Moshav Yesha, located 21 miles east of Be'er Sheva in the Negev's Eshkol region, around 6:00 pm. It landed in close proximity to the victim, killing her almost instantly. She was in the community with her son, intending to meet with a relative who had come to Israel from the US for a visit. When the Red Alert siren went off, the visitors took refuge in a nearby home, but for a reason that is still not clear, the woman who was killed was standing outside the building when the rocket landed.

In what can only be described as tragic irony, the visting American had not wanted to meet with her relatives in Kibbutz Gevaram because she felt it was too close to Gaza and therefore open to rocket attack by the PA. Moshav Yesha is further away from Gaza and out of range of the Kassam rockets frequently fired by Arab terrorists; however, it is exposed to attack by the Katyusha.

A paramedic who was on the scene said that they got ready to move the minute the Red Alert was sounded. Unfortunately, he said, there was nothing for medics to do but find the woman's son in the house and give him the tragic news.
There was nothing for medics to do but find the woman's son.


Sounding furious and frustrated shortly after the Kassam rocket attack, Eshkol Regional Council Mayor Chaim Yellin told reporters, "Why are you interested in what's going on here only now? We are at war, period! We have been at war for years. And the government does nothing!"

"Yesterday there also could have been tragic results when the rocket landed next to a school bus," Yellin said, referring to a near-miss when Arabs in Gaza attacked Negev communities on Sunday afternoon.

Gaza terrorists have continued to fire rockets at Jewish communities in the Negev throughout the day Monday, despite their request for a ceasefire. Gaza terrorists fired two rockets at Israeli communities in the western Negev on Monday afternoon. The rockets appeared to have beeen aimed at the Erez Crossing. Over the Sabbath and Sunday, terrorists fired dozens of rockets, as well, taking the life of a resident of Kfar Aza. At least two other people were wounded in the barrages.

Senior Hamas terrorists explained that they would continue to attack until the minute that a ceasefire goes into effect.

Islamic Jihad has claimed responsibility for killing the senior citizen in Moshav Yesha Monday evening.