(Independent-UK) Bel Trew - Nearly a quarter of the rockets fired at Israel from Gaza landed on the city of Ashkelon, 15 km. from the border, the closest heavily populated area. Sigal, whose house took a direct hit on Thursday, says they have 30 seconds to scramble to a shelter when the sirens go off. "That's if you have a shelter," she adds. Two women were killed in Ashkelon during this round of violence and two more are seriously injured, Mayor Tomer Glam said. "About a quarter of the 160,000 inhabitants of Ashkelon don't have bomb shelters," he adds.
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