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Israeli killed as Palestinian rocket hits Ashkelon

One Israeli was killed and fourteen others wounded by a Palestinian Grad missile which exploded near a construction site in the coastal town of Ashkelon.
Most of the wounded are construction workers from the Galilee village of Manda. Five are in serious condition, four are in moderate condition, and five suffered light injuries.
At least 12 rockets have been fired into Israel since Monday morning - eight which hit Ashkelon and four others which struck various towns in the western Negev. No injuries or damage have been reported in the other attacks.
"I'm standing next to the body," Ashkelon Mayor Benny Vaknin told Israel Radio by telephone, on the third day of an Israeli air offensive in the Gaza Strip. "To my great regret, we have a fatality. He was killed."
Sirens wailed intermittently on Monday morning in Ashkelon as television crews captured footage of panicked residents seeking cover from the incoming projectiles.
On Sunday, Gaza-based Palestinians launched a barrage of at least 40 rockets at the western Negev on Sunday, as the Israel Air Force continued to pound the coastal territory.
Two Katyusha rockets, with a diameter of 122 mm, exploded near Ashdod on Sunday. More than 30 kilometers from Gaza, this was the deepest into Israel a Palestinian rocket has yet to strike.
The rockets, which are the most improved versions of the Palestinian missiles, have a range of up to 40 kilometers. The particular rockets that struck on Sunday traveled 37 and 35 kilometers.

Источник: By Amos Harel and Yanir Yagna, Haatetz