First Israeli casualty: Rocket hits building in central Israel -1 killed; several injured, some trapped in rubble

Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists scored a direct hit on a building in Rehovot, claiming the life of one victim and wounding several others.

By World Israel News Staff

Shortly after 6 p.m. on Thursday, one person died and at least five were injured after a building in Rehovot collapsed following a direct hit from rocket-launching terrorists in Gaza.

The victim was trapped under the rubble and critically wounded – he died minutes later.

United Hatzalah volunteers have provided initial treatment to five people who sustained light injuries, including a woman in her 60s who sustained a head injury. The organization’s Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit is treating many people for shock.

“When we arrived on the street we saw a lot of destruction in the building. We immediately went inside and began to search the apartments. In the apartment on the third floor, an unconscious victim was found with a very severe multi-system injury and we had no choice but to determine his death,” said Magen David Adom medics Yedidia Hachmon and Tomer Peshko.

They also found a 74-year-old man in another apartment whose leg was trapped under the rubble, TPS reported. He was rescued by the fire brigade and transported on a stretcher to the MDA ambulance, which sent him for further treatment at the hospital in moderate condition.

Police forces and rescue services are searching for more people who may be trapped under the rubble.

Rehovot is located approximately 20 km. south of Tel Aviv.

(Video courtesy TPS)