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Gaza mortar shell lands outside Israeli kindergarten

13 November 2018, 12:02 pm Edit

A mortar shell fired from the Gaza Strip explodes outside a kindergarten in one of the communities in the Sha’ar Hanegev region of southern Israel, causing damage but no injuries, local government officials say.

The school was empty at the time of the mortar strike.

A mortar shell fired from the Gaza Strip damages a safety-glass window in a kindergarten in the Sha’ar Hanegev region of southern Israel on November 13, 2018. (Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council)

The name of the community hit by the attack is withheld in order to prevent terrorists in Gaza from using the information to adjust their aim.

— Judah Ari Gross

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