Two rockets landed in Kibbutz Gevim, one at the entrance to the community and the other near a regional school. Windows in nearby houses were broken by the blast and one woman was treated for shock.
“We heard a loud explosion and we understood it was a Kassam rocket,” one resident told the Ynet news service. “Panic broke out in the school and teachers calmed down the students.”
The regional and citywide Red Dawn alert systems did not operate, and residents therefore had no warning prior to the attack.
A second rocket exploded in an open field outside a hi-tech factory at the Shaarei HaNegev industrial zone. The blast shook the building as workers were arriving for their shifts.
“We are prepared and we know what it sounds like and what to do,” said an employee. “Many workers are Sderot residents, so we are used to the procedure. We returned to our routine and everyone is working as usual.”
Sderot was also the site of still another Kassam attack on Wednesday, when a rocket landed in the bedroom of a 17-year-old who had left the house to go to school a few moments before. Mayor Eli Moyal met with President Moshe Katzav Wednesday evening, demanding that he intervene and demand that the government put a stop to the attacks.
In an interview with IsraelNationalNewsTV, Moyal also called upon the IDF to turn all of Gaza into a "ghost town," echoing Public Security Minister Avi Dichter’s words. Dichter, formerly the head of the GSS internal security service, called this week for the IDF to turn the Palestinian Authority village of Beit Hanoun, from which many of the rocket attacks have been launched, into a “ghost town.”
Moyal warned Katzav that if something is not done soon, Sderot itself will become a ghost town, repeating remarks he made after a handful of Kassams wounded a woman and damaged a number of buildings in the city Tuesday morning. He pointed out that if Sderot falls, other cities will soon follow, including Ashkelon and Ashdod. “And that will be the end of the Zionist enterprise,” he said.
Defense officials said that the Hamas terror group has been directly involved in the attacks, and that its status as ruling party of the Palestinian Authority will not protect its officials from IDF retaliation against terrorists.
“We heard a loud explosion and we understood it was a Kassam rocket,” one resident told the Ynet news service. “Panic broke out in the school and teachers calmed down the students.”
The regional and citywide Red Dawn alert systems did not operate, and residents therefore had no warning prior to the attack.
A second rocket exploded in an open field outside a hi-tech factory at the Shaarei HaNegev industrial zone. The blast shook the building as workers were arriving for their shifts.
“We are prepared and we know what it sounds like and what to do,” said an employee. “Many workers are Sderot residents, so we are used to the procedure. We returned to our routine and everyone is working as usual.”
Sderot was also the site of still another Kassam attack on Wednesday, when a rocket landed in the bedroom of a 17-year-old who had left the house to go to school a few moments before. Mayor Eli Moyal met with President Moshe Katzav Wednesday evening, demanding that he intervene and demand that the government put a stop to the attacks.
In an interview with IsraelNationalNewsTV, Moyal also called upon the IDF to turn all of Gaza into a "ghost town," echoing Public Security Minister Avi Dichter’s words. Dichter, formerly the head of the GSS internal security service, called this week for the IDF to turn the Palestinian Authority village of Beit Hanoun, from which many of the rocket attacks have been launched, into a “ghost town.”
Moyal warned Katzav that if something is not done soon, Sderot itself will become a ghost town, repeating remarks he made after a handful of Kassams wounded a woman and damaged a number of buildings in the city Tuesday morning. He pointed out that if Sderot falls, other cities will soon follow, including Ashkelon and Ashdod. “And that will be the end of the Zionist enterprise,” he said.
Defense officials said that the Hamas terror group has been directly involved in the attacks, and that its status as ruling party of the Palestinian Authority will not protect its officials from IDF retaliation against terrorists.