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View of an apartment building in the central Israeli city of Rishon le Tzion, which was damaged when a rocket fired from gaza struck it earlier this evening. November 20, 2012. Photo by miriam Alster/FLASH90

Jerusalem - An IDF soldier, Cpl. Yosef Partuk, 18, of Emanuel was killed Tuesday morning in a mortar attack in the Eshkol Regional Council area, the IDF released for publication Tuesday evening. Partuk was posthumously promoted to corporal.

The announcement came on the heels of a Gaza rocket attack that lightly injured six people after striking an apartment building in the central city of Rishon Letzion.The upper floors of the building went up in flames, according to Channel 2.

Also Tuesday evening, a person was moderately to seriously wounded when a rocket fired from Gaza struck a building in Ashkelon.

That attack followed a barrage of rockets fired at Ashdod, in which seven people were lightly injured after two direct rocket hits on the city, including one that completely destroyed a grocery store.

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View of the scene where a shop in the center of the SOuthern city of Ashdod recieved a direct hit by a rocket fired from gaza. November 20, 2012. Photo by Miriam Alster/FLASH90

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