I seriously don’t understand how Israel can allow a ceasefire to go into effect when another Israeli is killed by Hamas mortars just before the ceasefire is supposed to begin. Is this person’s death just collateral damage? Is the death of Daniel Tragerman just collateral damage?
I know it’s war and I know Israel wants peace for its citizens, but another ceasefire isn’t the way to get it.
JERUSALEM POST – Dozens of rockets and mortar shells rained down on southern Israel Tuesday evening hours before an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire went into effect at 7 p.m.
A mortar shell fired at the Eshkol Regional Council killed one person and seriously wounded two others, MDA Spokesman Eli Bean said.
A spokesman for the Eshkol Regional council said that 116 rockets and mortar shells were fired into the area from Gaza on Tuesday.
Earlier on Tuesday, a rocket slammed into a residential neighborhood in Ashkelon, causing damage to several homes.
A house in Ashkelon suffered a direct hit and the family was home when the rocket struck. The parents awoke when they heard the rocket alert siren, moving their children to the protected room of the house. The rocket struck the parents’ bedroom shortly after they left it.
Magen David Adom paramedics said they treated 40 people after the rocket attack in Ashkelon who were subsequently evacuated to Barzilai Medical Center in the city. Twenty of the the injured suffered light wounds from broken glass and from falling objects. The other 20 victims suffered from shock.
**UPDATE: One of the seriously wounded from today’s mortar attack has now died, according to the IDF:
Update: An Israeli civilian injured today by mortar fire has died of his wounds.
— IDF (@IDFSpokesperson) August 26, 2014