Six people were treated in Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon: two were lightly wounded by fragments, and four were treated for trauma. Several others were treated locally.
Sammy Moyal, principal of a religious school in Sderot, related how one rocket landed this morning on his car outside his house, precisely as he was about to drive off with his children. "My children were a bit late, but I decided not to push them too hard – I wanted things to go in 'ways of pleasantness,'" he said. "Then just as we were finally about to go out, I tarried another few seconds because my wife reminded me to take a coat – and then the rocket fell. My life and my children's lives were saved by these simple acts."
Rockets landed in or near the city yesterday morning, last night, and this morning. The city's army-operated Kassam-warning system did not work this morning when three rockets fell, though it did provide a warning shortly before 10 AM when yet another rocket landed in an open area. Over 400 Kassam rockets have been fired at the city of Sderot in the past two years.
Sderot Mayor Eli Moyal was originally very critical of the disengagement plan, though his voice has been somewhat muted over the past few months. "This is an evil plan," he told Arutz-7 this past April "- an act of folly of giving over parts of the Land of Israel to murderers and terrorists." Two months later, he said, "We knew all along that this was what was going to happen; the writing was on the wall. The rockets are fired not merely to land, but to kill... The State of Israel is acting unilaterally, carrying out illogical moves, and conducting dialogue with itself."
The IDF ended its two-day anti-mortar shell offensive in southern Gaza last night. Two mortar shell launching cells were liquidated in the course of the operation.
Neither Prime Minister Sharon nor security officials have been able to say that security for the Negev will definitely be improved following an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Several army generals, most recently Ex-Deputy IDF Intelligence Chief Gen. Yaakov Amidror last week, say that the only way to fight terrorism is for the army to physically be present in the area.
Sammy Moyal, principal of a religious school in Sderot, related how one rocket landed this morning on his car outside his house, precisely as he was about to drive off with his children. "My children were a bit late, but I decided not to push them too hard – I wanted things to go in 'ways of pleasantness,'" he said. "Then just as we were finally about to go out, I tarried another few seconds because my wife reminded me to take a coat – and then the rocket fell. My life and my children's lives were saved by these simple acts."
Rockets landed in or near the city yesterday morning, last night, and this morning. The city's army-operated Kassam-warning system did not work this morning when three rockets fell, though it did provide a warning shortly before 10 AM when yet another rocket landed in an open area. Over 400 Kassam rockets have been fired at the city of Sderot in the past two years.
Sderot Mayor Eli Moyal was originally very critical of the disengagement plan, though his voice has been somewhat muted over the past few months. "This is an evil plan," he told Arutz-7 this past April "- an act of folly of giving over parts of the Land of Israel to murderers and terrorists." Two months later, he said, "We knew all along that this was what was going to happen; the writing was on the wall. The rockets are fired not merely to land, but to kill... The State of Israel is acting unilaterally, carrying out illogical moves, and conducting dialogue with itself."
The IDF ended its two-day anti-mortar shell offensive in southern Gaza last night. Two mortar shell launching cells were liquidated in the course of the operation.
Neither Prime Minister Sharon nor security officials have been able to say that security for the Negev will definitely be improved following an Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Several army generals, most recently Ex-Deputy IDF Intelligence Chief Gen. Yaakov Amidror last week, say that the only way to fight terrorism is for the army to physically be present in the area.