Sixty-year-old man dies after rocket hits house in Southern Israel
Tel Aviv, May 5 (Sputnik): A 60-year-old man was killed after a rocket slammed into his house in the town of Ashkelon, a coastal city in the Southern District of Israel, Superintendent Micky Rosenfeld, an Israel Police Foreign Press Spokesman, said on Sunday.
"Rocket struck Ashkelon causing damage to houses. Man age 60 dies in hospital of injuries. Police units continue to respond to rocket attacks," he tweeted.
The incident came as air-raid sirens sounded across southern Israel less than a day after militants in Gaza fired over 250 rockets and Tel Aviv responded with airstrikes.
Tensions in the Gaza Strip escalated early Saturday when Israeli military said they detected dozens of rockets fired from the area.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) responded by hitting Hamas and other terrorist targets.
The Israeli military also attacked a building where Hamas' military intelligence and general security offices in the Gaza Strip were located.
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