Sderot: Qassam lands near kindergarten

Rocket fired from northern Gaza Strip lands in Sderot neighborhood, damages electric pole and structure used as kindergarten. Several children were inside building when Qassam hit

Shmulik Hadad
Published: 12.24.06, 20:33
A Qassam rocket was fired Sunday from the northern Gaza Strip and landed in a Sderot neighborhood, near a kindergarten. Several children were inside the kindergarten at the time of the attack.

The building and an electric pole were damaged, as well as some of the street lighting in the area.

ON Sunday morning residents of Sderot and Gaza vicinity communities again woke to the sound of the alert system, shortly after which a loud explosion was heard as a result of a Qassam that landed and exploded nearby a kibbutz belonging to the Shaar Hanegev Regional Council.

A second rocket landed shortly after near a kibbutz in the area. No injuries or damages were reported in either case. A third rocket was fired in the afternoon.

An additional four rockets were launched towards the western Negev throughout the weekend. One boy from Sderot was lightly injured by shrapnel.