Two people were killed and eight others wounded this afternoon when a rocket fired from Gaza made a direct hit on a packing plant at Moshav Ohad in Eshkol Regional Council.
All the casualties were foreign workers from Thailand, Ynet reports. Two people were seriously wounded, one person was moderately hurt and the others sustained light wounds. Eshkol Regional Council head Gadi Yarkoni said the moshav that was hit did not have bomb shelters.
A rocket also hit an apartment block under construction in the city of Ashdod, as massive barrages were fired at the south. There were no injuries initially reported, according to Ynet.
The rocket fire on the South continued throughout Tuesday afternoon, with a house south of Ashkelon being hit. No casualties were reported. Rockets also targeted Be’er Sheva, where the Iron Dome missile defense system was able to intercept the fire.
Earlier Tuesday afternoon, Ynet reports. a 19-year-old IDF soldier was lightly wounded in heavy mortar fire from the Gaza Strip at the Erez Crossing between Israel and the Hamas-run enclave. The Kerem Shalom Crossing also came under heavy fire from Gaza as it opened to allow medical, fuel and food supplies into the Strip.
The attacks from Gaza resumed at around midday after a six-hour break, targeting communities near the border as well as the city of Ofakim some 20 km from the Strip.
Israel also continued to strike targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, toppling a six-story building that housed libraries and educational centers belonging to the Islamic University, leaving behind a massive mound of rebar and concrete slabs.
{Matzav.com Israel}
