BEER SHEVA, Israel ― One woman was killed and eight people were treated for shock Wednesday when Palestinians fired two Grad missile at Beer Sheva, Israel’s fourth largest city. The woman was killed when the missile hit her home; the other one hit a school in the city. The school was empty at the time.
Beer Sheva is located about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the Gaza Strip. There are approximately 150,000 residents of the city. Although Palestinians have been firing rockets at Israeli cities near Gaza for more than eight years, they have usually been limited to small towns and kibbutzim near the Israel-Gaza border. The attack on Beer Sheva was the farthest Palestinians have managed to strike inside Israel.
Other attacks
Palestinian groups in Gaza fired a total of 27 rockets Wednesday morning. Apart from Beer Sheva, rockets struck Ofakim, Ashkelon, Kiryat Gat, Kiryat Malachi and Ashdod and the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council. There were no injuries or property damage reported in those attacks. Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Salah al-Din Brigades claimed responsibility for the attacks.
