Seven injured after Gaza rocket strikes Israel home
KFAR SABA: An early morning rocket from the Gaza Strip struck a house in central Israel, wounding seven people, an Israeli rescue service said, an attack that could set off another round of violence shortly before the Israeli election.
The sounds of air raid sirens woke up the residents of the residential Sharon area, northeast of Tel Aviv, sending them scurrying to bomb shelters yesterday. A strong sound of an explosion followed.
The Israeli military identified a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip.
Israeli police said the rocket hit a residential home in the community of Mishmeret, north of the city of Kfar Saba, setting off a fire and destroying the house.
The Magen David Adom rescue service said it was treating seven people, including two women who were moderately wounded. The others, including two children and an infant, had minor wounds.
The attack comes 10 days after rockets were fired toward Israel’s densely populated commercial capital of Tel Aviv.
The Israeli military at the time struck back in Gaza and the sides appeared to be hurtling toward another confrontation.
But Gaza’s Hamas leaders said the rocket was fired accidentally and calm was quickly restored.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for yesterday’s attack. —AP