Two Israelis injured in rocket strikes die in hospital

Two Israeli men who were critically injured in separate attacks from the Gaza Strip have been pronounced dead in Ashkelon’s Barzilai Medical Center.

Two men had been critically injured when a rocket fired from Gaza directly hit the factory in which they were working in Ashkelon. Another man at the site was moderately wounded.

In addition, a 60-year-old man was critically wounded as he was driving his car near the Gaza border. The IDF says it is looking into what hit his car, a rocket or an anti-tank guided missile. He sustained a serious shrapnel wound to the leg, causing significant blood loss, medics say.

It isn’t immediately clear which two of the three critically wounded men mentioned above have been pronounced dead. The third is undergoing surgery and his life is in danger.

— with Judah Ari Gross