Terrorists from the Gaza Strip renewed their rocket-fire on southern
Israel following the beginning of Operation Pillar of Defense
Wednesday night, which struck terrorist targets in the Palestinian
enclave.
The Iron Dome rocket defense system
intercepted 25 rockets, most of which were Grad rockets launched toward
Beersheba. According to Police, a total of 87 projectiles were fired
during the course of the evening.
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Six rockets landed near Beersheba, one causing damage, and Channel 2
reported that for the first time, a rocket was fired toward Dimona,
home to Israel's nuclear reactor. One rocket struck a house in Ashdod,
and another damaged electric infrastructure in Eshkol.
MDA on Wednesday treated a total of 16 people for injury or shock after a bevy of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip struck Israeli territory.
According to MDA, two people were lightly injured in Beersheba, one from shattered glass and the other from falling down the stairs. Fourteen more were treated for shock as well, 12 in Beersheba and two in Sderot.
Defense
Minister Ehud Barak said that IDF operations wiped out
most of the long-range Fajr rockets, which have the capability of
reaching the center of the country and Tel Aviv..
According to the IDF, over 12,000 rockets hit Israel in the past 12
years, 768 in 2012 alone.
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