Itongadol.- Two people were injured by the shrapnel from a rocket fired into the Sdot Negev Regional Council from Gaza shortly after noon on Friday.
IDF medics in the area provided immediate medical treatment on the scene.
One of the injured was a 60-year-old man in moderate-to-severe condition. He suffered from extensive blood loss resulting from serious injuries to his extremities, according to an MDA official at the scene. He was taken to Soroka University Medical Center.
The other injured person, a 20-year-old man, sustained light injuries and was taken to Barzilai Medical Center.
Earlier in the day, a community\’s security fence and several houses were damaged by rocket fire from Gaza.
Jerusalem had hoped Hamas would agree to another 72 hour extension to allow time for Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams in Cairo to come to an agreement that would end Operation Protective Edge, which has now entered its 32nd day.
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said his organization had rejected the idea of an extension, but would continue to negotiate.
Eshkol residents were told to stay within 15 seconds of a safe room or bomb shelter. Four hours before the cease-fire ended, when it appeared that the Cairo talks would fail, two mortars from Gaza struck that region.