Israel – As sirens wailed Saturday evening in southern and central Israel, a barrage of rockets hit Israel, mostly in open areas, as the Iron Dome anti-rocket system intercepted multiple rockets over major cities.
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As of 8 p.m., air raid sirens were sounding in Beersheba, as a Rocket was intercepted. Several more landed in open areas. Two other rockets intercepted over Kiryat Gat while others fell outside the city.
Earlier in the evening, the Iron Dome defense system intercepted a rocket. Another rocket hit an open area in the city, sparking a fire. Police and fire-fighting units are oat the scene.
In the south, two rickets landed in open fields in the Eshkol Regional Council. The Iron Dome intercepted three rockets over Beersheba and one over Ashkelon.
Twenty-nine Israelis were wounded in rocket attacks over the weekend, including a 30-year-old man killed in a Beduin area near Dimona on Saturday, Magen David Adom paramedics said Saturday afternoon.
In that incident, during which the man was mortally wounded by shrapnel that entered his chest, a three month old girl suffered serious head wounds from the shock-wave blast, a 30-year-old woman was badly hurt by shrapnel, and a four year old boy suffered shrapnel injuries to one of his legs.
MDA said that altogether they have treated some 394 Israelis have been injured since the start of the operation.
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