ILLUSTRATIVE: Israeli women stand next to a damaged building in Sderot that was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, June 13, 2019. Photo: Reuters / Amir Cohen.
As a barrage of over 150 rockets were fired by Hamas at Israeli territory, dozens landed in the southern town of Sderot and neighboring communities near the border with the Gaza Strip over the course of Monday.
While many were intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system or landed in open areas, others hit civilian houses and left behind both physical and emotional damage.
“We heard a really loud boom and we did not make it into the shelter room,” Meir Ben Simon, a Sderot resident told the Israeli outlet