Bloodshed in Israel: Gaza Terror Groups Kill 9, Injure Nearly 70 in 3 Days
- Terrorists target schools, homes, religious places with direct hits
- 1 million Israelis live within danger of rocket fire
- Nearly 100 rockets launched at Israel in 3 days
 The funeral of Flora and Moshe Gez and Shula and Dov Kerlinski, two sisters and their husbands from Kfar Saba, who were shot to death in their car while driving to Eilat for vacation Thursday. |  Israeli President Shimon Peres consoling the widow of Pascal Avrahami, a special forces police officer from Jerusalem, killed in the wave of terror attacks this weekend. Nine Israelis died in just 3 days. |  The funeral of Flora and Moshe Gez and Shula and Dov Kerlinski, two sisters and their husbands from Kfar Saba, who were shot to death in their car while driving to Eilat for vacation Thursday. |
Jerusalem, Aug. 21 – Gaza terror groups, some of them inspired by Al-Qaeda, began an onslaught of terror attacks against Israeli civilians Thursday (Aug. 18) - killing 9 Israelis and wounding nearly 70 civilians - by firing at least 100 rockets and shooting at civilian buses and cars. The dead and wounded include women and children.
On Sunday morning, a school in Beersheba was targeted. A direct hit was confirmed but the school was empty due to the summer vacation. Dozens of local residents are being treated for shock as the fourth day of surging violence continues.
On Saturday night, Yossi Shoshan, 38, was killed and five others were critically injured, including a woman in grave condition, from rocket fire launched at Beersheba and Ashkelon. Shoshan, from Ofakim, a small town near the border with Gaza, was on his way to meet his wife, who is nine months pregnant, after hearing air raid sirens and becoming concerned for her safety,The Jerusalem Post reported. [more]
