A barrage of rockets fired from Gaza into Israel are seen in the sky over Gaza City, on May 11, 2023. An Israeli man was killed on Thursday afternoon as rockets from Gaza hit a residential building in southern Israel, after two Palestinian rocket commanders were killed by Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
JERUSALEM, May 11 (Xinhua) -- An Israeli man was killed on Thursday afternoon as rockets from Gaza hit a residential building in southern Israel, after two Palestinian rocket commanders were killed by Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day.
The rocket hit the second floor of a four-story residential building in Rehovot, a city 25 km south of Tel Aviv, Israel's Fire and Rescue Services said in a statement.
Israel's Magen David Adom emergency medical service identified the fatality as a male resident of Rehovot. The Kaplan Hospital in Rehovot said in a statement that nine people were injured in the building and needed hospital care.
In the southern regional council of Eshkol, a man, identified by the Magen David Adom as a 30-year-old foreign national, was injured by shrapnel as a rocket hit a community.
In the regional council of Sdot Negev, another rocket hit the backyard of a residential house, lightly injuring an 82-year-old Israeli woman, according to Magen David Adom.
The rocket fire followed the killing of Ali Hassan Ghali, the commander of the rocket force of the Islamic Jihad, and his deputy, Ahmed Abu Daqqa, by two Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip earlier in the day, raising the Palestinian death toll to 28.
At least 547 rockets were fired toward southern and central Israel since the fighting began on Tuesday, with 394 of them crossing into Israeli territory, according to official Israeli figures.
The intense fighting began after Israel killed three senior Islamic Jihad commanders in airstrikes in Gaza on Tuesday.
Efforts to negotiate truces by Egypt, a frequent mediator between the Palestinians and Israel, have not yet yielded results. Israel's state-owned Kan TV news reported that an Egyptian team was traveling to Israel for talks but it was unclear whether any progress has been achieved. ■
A barrage of rockets fired from Gaza into Israel are seen in the sky over Gaza City, on May 11, 2023. An Israeli man was killed on Thursday afternoon as rockets from Gaza hit a residential building in southern Israel, after two Palestinian rocket commanders were killed by Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day. (Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua)
Rescuers work at the site of a rockets attack in Rehovot, Israel, on May 11, 2023. An Israeli man was killed on Thursday afternoon as rockets from Gaza hit a residential building in southern Israel, after two Palestinian rocket commanders were killed by Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
Rescuers work at the site of a rockets attack in Rehovot, Israel, on May 11, 2023. An Israeli man was killed on Thursday afternoon as rockets from Gaza hit a residential building in southern Israel, after two Palestinian rocket commanders were killed by Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
Rescuers work at the site of a rockets attack in Rehovot, Israel, on May 11, 2023. An Israeli man was killed on Thursday afternoon as rockets from Gaza hit a residential building in southern Israel, after two Palestinian rocket commanders were killed by Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
Rescuers work at the site of a rockets attack in Rehovot, Israel, on May 11, 2023. An Israeli man was killed on Thursday afternoon as rockets from Gaza hit a residential building in southern Israel, after two Palestinian rocket commanders were killed by Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
Rescuers work at the site of a rockets attack in Rehovot, Israel, on May 11, 2023. An Israeli man was killed on Thursday afternoon as rockets from Gaza hit a residential building in southern Israel, after two Palestinian rocket commanders were killed by Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day. (Photo by Muammar Awad/Xinhua)
Rescuers work at the site of a rockets attack in Rehovot, Israel, on May 11, 2023. An Israeli man was killed on Thursday afternoon as rockets from Gaza hit a residential building in southern Israel, after two Palestinian rocket commanders were killed by Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day. (Photo by Muammar Awad/Xinhua)
Rescuers work at the site of a rockets attack in Rehovot, Israel, on May 11, 2023. An Israeli man was killed on Thursday afternoon as rockets from Gaza hit a residential building in southern Israel, after two Palestinian rocket commanders were killed by Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day. (Photo by Muammar Awad/Xinhua)
Rescue personnel work inside an apartment of a residential building which was damaged by a rocket launched from Gaza, in Rehovot of Israel, on May 12, 2023.
An Israeli man was killed on Thursday afternoon as rockets from Gaza hit a residential building in southern Israel, after two Palestinian rocket commanders were killed by Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day.
The rocket hit the second floor of a four-story residential building in Rehovot, a city 25 km south of Tel Aviv, Israel's Fire and Rescue Services said in a statement. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
This photo taken on May 12, 2023 shows an apartment of a residential building which was damaged by a rocket launched from Gaza, in Rehovot of Israel.
An Israeli man was killed on Thursday afternoon as rockets from Gaza hit a residential building in southern Israel, after two Palestinian rocket commanders were killed by Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day.
The rocket hit the second floor of a four-story residential building in Rehovot, a city 25 km south of Tel Aviv, Israel's Fire and Rescue Services said in a statement. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
Rescue personnel work inside an apartment of a residential building which was damaged by a rocket launched from Gaza, in Rehovot of Israel, on May 12, 2023.
An Israeli man was killed on Thursday afternoon as rockets from Gaza hit a residential building in southern Israel, after two Palestinian rocket commanders were killed by Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day.
The rocket hit the second floor of a four-story residential building in Rehovot, a city 25 km south of Tel Aviv, Israel's Fire and Rescue Services said in a statement. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
This photo taken on May 12, 2023 shows an apartment of a residential building which was damaged by a rocket launched from Gaza, in Rehovot of Israel.
An Israeli man was killed on Thursday afternoon as rockets from Gaza hit a residential building in southern Israel, after two Palestinian rocket commanders were killed by Israeli airstrikes earlier in the day.
The rocket hit the second floor of a four-story residential building in Rehovot, a city 25 km south of Tel Aviv, Israel's Fire and Rescue Services said in a statement. (Photo by Gil Cohen Magen/Xinhua)
