Three lightly injured after rocket hits home in Ashkelon

Three people are lightly injured and five more suffer from panic attacks after a rocket fired from Gaza directly hits a residential building in the coastal city of Ashkelon, medical officials report.

Magen David Adom says its paramedics treated and evacuated to Barzilai Medical Center a 40-year-old man injured in his back by shrapnel in his back, a 60-year-old man injured in his head by glass shrapnel, and a 70-year-old woman with blast injuries to her back.

An additional five people suffering from panic attacks are being treated and evacuated as well.

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