Six children in Rishon le-Zion were injured Monday, four of them seriously, by a piece of fiberglass roof that blew off a sixth-floor penthouse on a nearby building and landed on them.
The children were playing football in their schoolyard during recess. The fiberglass was part of an open roof erected without license several years ago.
The entire country was battered throughout the morning by fierce windstorms, reaching 60 m.p.h. in some places. The storm had been forecast by the meteorological services following weeks of mild weather.
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