Rocket Barrages Continue To Slam Israel
Kassam and Katyusha rockets continued to rain down on the western Negev Sunday evening. Some 32 rockets have struck the region since Sunday morning, this despite the ongoing IDF operations against Gaza terror cells.
Also in the afternoon, the “Color Red” alert could be heard in Sderot and western Negev communities. A Qassam rocket landed in the Shaar HaNegev regional council, while at least two more rocket landed in Sderot. No injuries or damages were reported in the latest attacks so far. Several more rockets landed in Sderot later in the afternoon.
Meanwhile, four IDF troops operating in Gaza sustained light wounds and were taken to hospital for treatment. However, despite the massive IDF operations deep within Gaza Strip territory over the weekend, rockets launched by Palestinians continued to land in the western Negev area Sunday morning.
More than 30 rockets hit the region since the early morning hours.
Four people were lightly wounded and a dozen others suffered shock after Qassam rockets landed in Sderot and western Negev communities earlier in the day.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert pledged during a cabinet meeting Sunday that the military operation in Gaza will continue.
“We shall act against the terrorist organizations and against those who launch the attacks, in accordance with the government’s decision,” Olmert told the cabinet. “If anyone believes that by expanding the rocket range he will be able to reduce the strikes against the terror groups – he is gravely mistaken.
“It should be made clear that the State of Israel has no intention to stop fighting them even for one moment,” the prime minister stressed.
Following the escalating situation in the south, Natal – The Israel Center for Victims of Terror and War had opened a support hotline at 1-800-363-363.
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