By Xinhua
Jerusalem : A Palestinian rocket struck a college campus in southern Israel on Wednesday, killing one person and lightly wounding a second, local daily Yedioth Ahronoth quoted medics as reporting.
Twenty-two Qassam rockets were fired towards the southern town of Sderot and communities in vicinity of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday afternoon, the report said, adding that 11 of them were launched within several minutes and landed in and outside Sderot.
One of the rockets hit factories in the Shaar Hanegev industrial zone, causing damage.
Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue services reported that four people suffered from shock. The Color Red alert system was activated in the city three times at around 2:50 p.m.(1250 GMT).
Hamas’ military wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, claimed responsibility for firing the rockets.