Several Injured as Rocket Hits Ashkelon Apartment Building

The Israel Defense Forces said six people were injured when an apartment building in Ashkelon was hit during a barrage of rockets fired from Gaza early on May 11.

This footage, by Yossi Fartouk for Ashqelon.net, shows emergency services at the damaged building.

The IDF said they carried out around 130 strikes on Hamas and Islamic Jihad targets in the Gaza Strip overnight, killing 15 Hamas members. Quds News said 24 civilians were killed during strikes.

The IDF said more than 200 rockets were fired from the Strip, following days of tension and clashes around the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem in which hundreds of Palestinians were injured. Credit: Yossi Fartouk/Ashqelon.net via Storyful