Two more Kassam rockets were fired towards Sderot this morning, and one person sustained moderate wounds. He and two others suffering from shock were transported to Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva. One rocket landed in a potato sorting plant in the city's industrial zone, east of Gaza, and the second fell two miles away in an open field near Kibbutz Erez, north of Gaza.
Just yesterday, exactly 24 hours before this morning's attack, a man and a little boy - originally reported to have been his grandson - were killed in a similar rocket attack on Sderot. A spokesman for the city of Sderot, Yossi Cohen, told Israel Radio yesterday that Prime Minister Sharon's "disengagement" plan from Gaza is turning Sderot into a frontline border town.
One female resident of Sderot told Arutz-7 today, "It's clear that the disengagement plan will simply bring the terrorism that much closer to us, and to other towns as well. What's the point?" In a spirit of patriotism that characterizes Israelis at a time of crisis, she said, "We were thinking of moving to Jerusalem for a few weeks because of the strong heat - but now I certainly can't do that."
Likud MK Ehud Yatom, a member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, said, "The Prime Minister is more determined than ever to carry out the disengagement, and every attack like those in Sderot and on the Kisufim outpost [yesterday and the night before] don't interest him at all... I therefore demand of the Prime Minister that he deal with Gaza just like the refugee camp Balata [in Shechem, where IDF forces have operated many times], expel Arafat, and stop this disengagement plan that provides new wind for the sails of terrorism."
Former government minister and National Union Party chief Avigdor Lieberman warned, "If the disengagement plan is carried out, Kassam rocket attacks will be the lot of cities from Ashkelon to Ofakim, and will become a daily occurrence." Lieberman called on the government, from which he was forced out when he objected to the withdrawal, to reconsider the plan.
Just yesterday, exactly 24 hours before this morning's attack, a man and a little boy - originally reported to have been his grandson - were killed in a similar rocket attack on Sderot. A spokesman for the city of Sderot, Yossi Cohen, told Israel Radio yesterday that Prime Minister Sharon's "disengagement" plan from Gaza is turning Sderot into a frontline border town.
One female resident of Sderot told Arutz-7 today, "It's clear that the disengagement plan will simply bring the terrorism that much closer to us, and to other towns as well. What's the point?" In a spirit of patriotism that characterizes Israelis at a time of crisis, she said, "We were thinking of moving to Jerusalem for a few weeks because of the strong heat - but now I certainly can't do that."
Likud MK Ehud Yatom, a member of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, said, "The Prime Minister is more determined than ever to carry out the disengagement, and every attack like those in Sderot and on the Kisufim outpost [yesterday and the night before] don't interest him at all... I therefore demand of the Prime Minister that he deal with Gaza just like the refugee camp Balata [in Shechem, where IDF forces have operated many times], expel Arafat, and stop this disengagement plan that provides new wind for the sails of terrorism."
Former government minister and National Union Party chief Avigdor Lieberman warned, "If the disengagement plan is carried out, Kassam rocket attacks will be the lot of cities from Ashkelon to Ofakim, and will become a daily occurrence." Lieberman called on the government, from which he was forced out when he objected to the withdrawal, to reconsider the plan.