Hamas Rockets Hit an Israeli Kindergarten in Worst Day of Attacks in Four Years
Residents of the Eshkol Regional Council in the northwestern Negev, close to Israel’s border with Gaza, woke up yesterday at 6:59 a.m. to an alarm indicating incoming projectiles from the terrorist organization next door. As they went ahead with their morning routine, 24 consecutive alarms rang out in quick succession, heralding the worst day of Hamas rocket attacks in four years, with more than 100 such attacks launched in the span of 24 hours.
And while most of these rockets were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome system, a few hit civilian communities in the country’s south, like Tova Ludmer Gigi’s kindergarten. It was hit just several minutes before the children arrived. And while they were overwhelmed to find the remains of a rocket in their playground, Gigi assured them that it was all right.