JERUSALEM POST
1 killed as 300 rockets slam southern Israel
by Tzvi Joffre
May 5, 2019

One man has died and 83 people have been injured, since terror groups in Gaza began firing rockets into Israel around 10 a.m. on Saturday. Around 2:30 a.m. on Sunday, a rocket hit a building in Ashkelon, critically injuring a 60 year-old man. The man died on his way to the hospital, marking the first death since the fighting began on Saturday. Shortly before the rocket hit Ashkelon, another rocket hit a building in Sderot, lightly injuring 3 people. Between 10 a.m. Saturday and 4:30 a.m. Sunday, 83 people were injured,..READ MORE

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