One Israeli soldier has been killed and dozen soldiers were wounded rocket attacks from Gaza 2111122

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Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 07:16 AM
 
One Israeli soldier has been killed and dozen soldiers were wounded by rocket attacks from Gaza.
One Israeli soldier and one Bedouin have been killed in a rocket attack on a military base near the Gaza border on Tuesday, November 20, 2012, noon, the Israeli Defense Forces ( IDF) confirmed on Tuesday evening. Nearly a dozen of soldiers were wounded from shrapnel and are treated in a hospital in the southern Israeli city of Be'er Sheva.
     
One Israeli soldier and one Bedouin have been killed in a rocket attack on a military base near the Gaza border on Tuesday, November 20, 2012, noon, the Israeli Defense Forces ( IDF) confirmed on Tuesday evening. Nearly a dozen of soldiers were wounded from shrapnel and are treated in a hospital in the southern Israeli city of Be'er Sheva.
Iron Dome system in Ashdod intercepts a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip. Since the beginning of Operation Pillar of Defense, the Iron Dome system has intercepted hundreds of rockets fired at Israeli communities from the Gaza Strip.
     

Also on Tuesday evening, another Gaza launched-missile hit a residential building in Rishon Lezion, a large city located 20 km away from Tel Aviv. Four people were lightly injured and damage was caused to the building, emergency services officials confirmed to Xinhua.

A rocket was launched towards Rishon Lezion on Tuesday and reportedly landed in an open territory south of the city. The Iron Dome battery failed to intercept the rocket.

These attacks, along with nearly another 100 rockets, launched from the Gaza Strip Tuesday towards Israeli territory, occurring amid recent reports and mounting diplomatic pressure to achieve a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Palestinian militant groups in the Gaza Strip.

The "Operation Pillar of Defense" is about to end its seventh day, with more than 100 Palestinians and five Israelis killed. More than 600 Palestinians have been injured, as continuous raids of the Israeli Air Force struck more than 1,350 targets in the Gaza Strip, including chief militants, missile arsenals and the smuggling tunnels.