Stan187

Fifty soldiers were wounded after Palestinians fired a Kassam rocket into Israel on Monday night.

The rocket struck inside an IDF basic training camp in Zikim, located one kilometer north of the Gaza Strip. The Kassam landed next to a tent in which a group of soldiers were sleeping.

The severity of wounds received by the troops, both male and female, varied between them.

All of the wounded were evacuated to Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon, Soroka Hospital in Beersheba and Sheba Hospital in Tel Hashomer.

Barzilai Hospital opened a hotline following the attack. The public is invited to call 1255171 for information.

Twenty ambulances were alerted to the scene, south of Ashkleon, where they are accompanied by two helicopters responsible for evacuating the wounded.

The Nasr Salah al-Din Brigades, the Palestinian Resistance Committee's armed wing, claimed responsibility for the attack. The IDF, who confirmed the attack, said that the rockets were fired from Beit Hanun.

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What the hell is a basic training base doing 1 km from the Gaza border?

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Expat Canuck

Isn't Isreal quite small?

Stan187

Not that small.

Number of wounded went up to 69 this morning.