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Snip From Haaretz

A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, apparently a Katyusha-type rocket, exploded in a shopping center in the southern city of Ashkelon on Wednesday, wounding at least ten people.

another snip

The homemade rockets militants usually fire at Israel do not have enough range to reach Ashkelon. Instead, militants use Grad-type Katyusha rockets to hit the city of 100,000, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the Gaza-Israel border.

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UPDATE Fox News:

JERUSALEM — At least 14 people were injured, including two children, when a rocket fired from Gaza exploded in a shopping center in a southern Israel Wednesday just as the Israeli prime minister was warning against such attacks.

The rocket struck the top floor of the Hutzot Shopping Center in Ashkelon, trapping several people under rubble, the Jerusalem Post reported.

A hospital official said a woman and her young daughter were seriously wounded, along with another child. Another woman was seriously wounded, and several other people were slightly wounded, said the official, Leah Malul of Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon.

Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the rocket attack in a statement on its Web site.

Rescue service director Eli Bean said a young girl was among the wounded. Witnesses told Israeli radio stations that the rocket caused considerable damage.

The rocket attack Wednesday afternoon came as U.S. President George W. Bush wrapped up talks in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

Following the meeting with Bush, Olmert told Reuters that the Islamist rulers of the Gaza Strip must halt attacks on Israel or risk military action on a hitherto unseen scale.

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BREAKING (Fox News)

JERUSALEM — A rocket fired from Gaza exploded in a shopping center in the southern Israeli city on Wednesday, police said, injuring at least five people.

The rocket struck the top floor of the Hutzot Shopping Center in Ashkelon, trapping several people under rubble, the Jerusalem Post reported.

Rescue service director Eli Bean said a young girl was among the wounded. Witnesses told Israeli radio stations that the rocket caused considerable damage.

The rocket attack Wednesday afternoon came as U.S. President George W. Bush wrapped up talks in Jerusalem with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.

Following the meeting with Bush, Olmert told Reuters that the Islamist rulers of the Gaza Strip must halt attacks on Israel or risk military action on a hitherto unseen scale.

The homemade rockets militants usually fire at Israel do not have enough range to reach Ashkelon. Instead, militants use Grad-type rockets to hit the city of 100,000 people, about 9 miles from the Gaza-Israel border.