Sappers called to defuse rocket after ‘direct hit’ on Kiryat Gat building

Police sappers are called to defuse a rocket that hit a building in the southern city of Kiryat Gat.

“This was a direct hit on a public building that no one was in at the time,” police say in a statement.

An 80-year-old woman was seriously injured earlier today by shrapnel from a rocket that exploded in the city.

Police sappers are seen at a building in the southern city of Kiryat Gat that was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip on May 4, 2019. (Israel Police)

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