(UPI) One Israeli was killed and scores were injured after approximately 100 rockets were fired at southern Israel over the weekend, police and military officials said. Rockets fired by Palestinians in Gaza fell in Beersheba and the Ashkelon area Sunday morning. One rocket fell on a school in Beersheba causing extensive damage but no injuries. An Israeli man was killed Saturday night when a rocket exploded near a house in Beersheba. Six others were injured in the explosion, including two who were in critical condition Sunday. Other Israelis were injured when rockets exploded in Ashkelon, Ofakim, Ashdod and elsewhere in the western Negev over the weekend.
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