One killed, two seriously hurt as rocket strikes Ashkelon apartment building



A man was killed and two women were seriously injured after a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip scored a direct hit on an apartment building in Ashkelon.
The fatality was the first in Israel after a day that saw more than 300 missiles and mortar rounds fired at Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip in a series of massive barrages that stretched past midnight Monday and into Tuesday morning.
The man, in his 40s, was found dead under debris as rescuers searched through the apartment building that had been hit by a missile fired from Gaza shortly after midnight, according to reports.

The rocket appeared to hit the upper floors of the four-story apartment building, leaving a gaping hole in its side.
A woman, also in her 40s, was found in serious condition in the apartment building and was rushed to Barzilai hospital.
Authorities were continuing searches in the building to ascertain if anybody else was trapped inside.
Rescuers earlier pulled out a 60-year-old woman in critical condition from the same building.