Monday, January 5, 2009

Barrage of Rockets Hit Ashkelon, Beersheva, Ashdod. | Middle East > Israel from AllBusiness.com

Barrage of Rockets Hit Ashkelon, Beersheva, Ashdod. | Middle East > Israel from AllBusiness.com: "Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired a barrage of more than 50 rockets at southern Israel on Thursday, one of which scored a direct hit on an eight-floor residential building in the northern Negev city of Ashdod, nearly 40 kilometers (24 miles) from the Hamas-ruled coastal territory.
The strike on the Ashdod apartment house caused a fire to erupt in the building and seriously damaged the top floor. Rescue workers evacuated all residents, fearing that the building would collapse. The incident ended without physical injuries and the damaged structure still intact. A number of people were treated for shock, however, many of them children and elderly people.
Four Grad rockets exploded a few minutes after the Ashdod strike in the city of Ashkelon and about two more struck the city a few hours later."

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