Gaza Rocket Hits Gedera, 30km From Tel Aviv; Baby Lightly Hurt

Haaretz
January 6, 2009

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A 3-month-old baby was lightly wounded on Tuesday when a Grad rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip struck Gedera, 30 kilometers from Tel Aviv. Palestinian militants this week have continued the cross-border fire that Israel has sought to halt in its 11-day assault on Hamas in Gaza.

The rocket struck a road in the southern section of Gedera, close to residential housing, in the first such attack on the central Israel city.

The baby sustained wounds from shards of glass that hit her face, and was subsequently taken to a hospital for treatment. Four people were also treated for shock, including the baby's mother.

Ofir Frinsky, a Magen David Adom emergency services paramedic, told Haaretz that the city had been on alert for such an attack, despite never having fallen victim to rockets before.

"We have been prepared in Gedera for a long time. We heard the alert and headed out with reinforcements to the scene," he said.

Gaza militants fired almost 30 other rockets into Israel on Tuesday, causing neither casualties nor property damage. Most of the rockets hit the western Negev, and the southern towns of Netivot and Ofakim.

On Monday, more than 40 Qassam and Grad rockets were fired from Gaza at southern Israel, striking Ashkelon, Ashdod, Sderot, Kiryat Malakhi, near Ofakim, Netivot and Be'er Sheva.

Hamas also fired rockets at the area between Ashdod and Gedera on Monday. A number of people in Sderot were treated for shock, and in Ashdod a rocket nearly destroyed a kindergarten.

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