Four Israelis were injured Tuesday, one of the moderately, as Hamas fired a barrage of Qassam rockets at the western Negev. According to Haaretz, a 44-year-old woman was moderately to seriously wounded and her 4-year-old son lightly injured Tuesday when a Qassam rocket hit their Sderot home.
A spokeswoman of a nearby hospital said eight other people were treated for shock. Later, two people were lightly wounded in additional rocket strikes in the town.
"Israel cannot nor will it tolerate these continued Qassam rocket attacks on its citizens," said David Baker, an official in the Prime Minister's Office. "Today we saw direct hits on an Israeli home and a school."
"Hamas continues to lead the way in stirring and perpetrating terrorist attacks of this type," he added. "Israel is ready to take whatever measures are necessary to prevent this and safeguard the lives of its citizens."
Hamas claimed responsibility for the rocket barrage, in which at least 11 rockets were fired on Tuesday evening, at least eight of which hit Sderot.
