ONE KILLED AS 430 ROCKETS SLAM SOUTHERN ISRAEL

TZVI JOFFRE

Since around 10 a.m. on Saturday, around 430 rockets have been fired into Israel from Gaza. Rocket sirens have been heard as far away as Beit Shemesh, Beersheba and Gedera.

House in Ashkelon hit by rocket, May 5, 2019. (photo credit: POLICE SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT)

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 58 year-old Moshe Agadi, a father of four. Agadi died on his way to the hospital, marking the first death since the fighting began on Saturday.

Terror groups in Gaza claimed that they had used new missiles in this latest round of fighting on Saturday. This has yet to be confirmed from Israeli sources.

The joint operations room of the terror groups in Gaza threatened to launch rockets at the Tel Aviv area as well, if Israel continues to attack targets in Gaza.

The IDF aircraft hit about 200 terror targets in Gaza in response.

Around 70% of the rockets fell in open fields, while the Iron Dome intercepted over 90% of the rockets directed to populated areas, Channel 12 reported on Sunday morning.

Over 200.000 children will remain home on Sunday as schools in Southern Israel are to stay close.