Counting the days until President Bush leaves Israel and the IDF goes into Gaza. Because the IDF needs to go in to stop these rocket attacks.
Palestinian terror groups launched a Grad rocket towards Israel late Wednesday afternoon, as US President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert were meeting in Jerusalem.
The rocket crashed into the top floor of a crowded shopping mall in central Asheklon. Rescue services dispatched to the scene managed to extract three people who were trapped in the debris. MDA paramedics have confirmed eleven people were wounded in the attack, three of them are in serious condition. Several other people are being treated for shock at the scene.
A baby girl who was evacuated to the Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon is said to be in moderate condition.
The IDF said the rocket was launched from the town of Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, a frequent base for rocket attacks. The army said it was looking into reports from local residents who said the alert sirens had not sounded prior to the attack.
The AP has noticed the attack, even mentioning that babies were hurt:
A rocket fired from Gaza exploded in a shopping center in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon on Wednesday, wounding at least three people and leaving two trapped under rubble, officials said.
Rescue service spokesman Eli Bean said two babies were among the wounded. Witnesses told Israeli radio stations that the rocket caused considerable damage and Bean said at least two people were trapped.
Two dead and 15 wounded in the last week alone by Gaza rocket attacks. When will Olmert decide that it’s time for something to be done?