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Itongadol.- Sderot was hit with a heavy barrage at around midday Thursday, while the Israeli cabinet was meeting to discuss the operation in Gaza.
Six Code Red sirens blared through Sderot in a row as residents ran for cover. Ten rockets were fired at the southern city, 7 of them were intercepted and two fell inside the city near a school and a public park.
Two people were lightly injured, and several suffered from shock.
Two rockets hit open areas near Ashkelon about half an hour before the Israeli government meeting in Tel Aviv. A moment before it began, Code Red sirens were sounded in Eshkol and Hof Ashkelon.
After a relatively quiet night in which only three rockets were fired at the Eshkol and Sha\’ar HaNegev regional councils, falling in open areas, a grad rocket was fired at Be\’er Sheva on Thursday morning. The grad fell in an open area, and no one was hurt.
In the past 24 hours, 85 wounded were taken to the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon, both soldiers and civilians. 39 of them have been admitted, 37 of which are soldiers. Eight of them in serious condition, seven in moderate condition and the rest are in light condition.