Terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired 22 rockets into southern Israel.
At least 12 rockets hit the beleaguered Israeli town of Sderot on Friday and another five reached as far north as just south of Ashkelon.
Terrorist groups in Gaza intensified their daily barrage of rockets after Israel launched incremental cuts in its power supply to the Palestinian territory on Thursday in a bid to pressure Gaza’s Hamas rulers to end the rocket fire.
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