A Qassam rocket hit the parking lot of Sderot’s Sapir College killing one Israeli, identified only as a 30-year student.
According to Haaretz, the student was sitting in a car when he suffered lethal shrapnel wounds in the chest. YNet News says 23 rockets have been fired today, with 11 coming in a very short time span.
Qassams also hit a home and a factory today.
UPDATE: The Israeli student has now been identified as Ronnie Yechiya, 47, a father of four from the community of Bitcha near Ofakim. At last count, 40 rockets have been fired; one landed on open ground of Ashkelon’s Barzilai Hospital.
UPDATE: Here’s a photo of Yechiah.
