Rockets fired at Beersheba after planes hit Gaza terror cell

Two Grad rockets were fired from Gaza at Beersheba slightly after dawn Sunday morning, hours after Israeli planes killed a Hamas terrorist in Gaza.

There were no reports of injuries or damage from the missiles, which landed in open areas near Beersheba, a city of some 250,000. Classes in the city were canceled for Sunday because of the fear of continued rocket fire.

Earlier Sunday morning, Israeli planes struck Gaza after two rockets were fired into southern Israel, seemingly ending a fragile ceasefire between the Hamas-held territory and Israel.

There were no reports of injuries or damage after the rockets landed in open areas in the Eshkol region at around 2 a.m. Sunday.

[mappress mapid=”2860″]

The Israel Defense Forces Spokesperson’s office reported that planes hit a terror cell east of Khan Yunis in the strip shortly after the rocket fire.

Palestinians reported that one person was killed and one injured in the air strike, which targeted a cell of the Izz ad-din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’s military wing.

Several rockets have been sporadically fired into Israel since a shaky truce between Gaza and Israel took effect Thursday morning.

The Grad missile, which has a longer range than the homemade Kassam rocket, marked an escalation in hostilities after the 3-day truce.

The ceasefire followed a day which saw Gazans fire some 80 rockets into southern Israel, injuring over a dozen people.

Israel responded to the rocket fire last week by flying sorties over Gaza, targeting rocket-launching crews. A number of Gazans were killed in those air strikes.