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| By: Israel Insider staff |
| Published: June 20, 2007 |
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Five Qassam rockets fired from the Gaza Strip landed on Wednesday evening in Sderot, lightly injuring two people and damaging a residential building and a synagogue. Several people were also treated for shock.
One rocket hit an electric pole, cutting electricity to a nearby kibbutz. The remaining rockets landed in open fields.
The Islamic Jihad terror group claimed responsibility for the attack, calling it retaliation for Israel's military incursions in Gaza.
Avi Peretz, whose brother Yaniv sustained shrapnel wounds to the hand when a rocket hit his house, told Ynet: "The house was badly hit. I am ashamed of the prime minister and all the decision-makers."
"The emergency situation that was declared in Sderot continues. Those who believe that this will end alone are mistaken. We have a new defense minister and we will see what he does," Mayor Eli Moyal said.
Earlier Wednesday, a Qassam rocket narrowly missed a strategic facility in Ashkelon. In response, the army launched an airstrike against rocket launch sites in the northern Gaza Strip.
The Knesset approved Wednesday a bill that designates Sderot and towns near the Gaza Strip as "front line", granting residents and businesses there generous tax breaks.
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