Some homes and businesses have received minor damages from the projectiles and explosions, while one factory took a direct strike. Luckily, no one has been injured or killed.
Part of that is thanks to the warning systems, including text alerts, that the Israeli government has in place. The Iron Dome Defense Shield has also been able to eliminate several rockets, that were headed for populated areas.
Israeli Defense Forces have fired counter strikes, at launch sites, and weapon depots, killing at least six Gazans.
Hamas called other factions together, for a discussion on how to keep from having anymore casualties on their side of the border. They did not hold not firing any more rockets, as an option.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a meeting with foreign ambassadors, within rocket range in Ashkelon, at an unprotected auditorium to drive in the fact of how vulnerable Israel is. With a collection of rockets, that had been fired at Israel, to his side he told the ambassadors that they had thirty seconds to find cover, if an alarm sounded.
Netanyahu told them, "This is the situation in which one million Israelis find themselves. That's families, old people, children, babies. I don't know of any of the citizens of your cities, who could find that acceptable and something that could proceed on a normal basis. Any fair minded person in any fair minded government in the world would understand that it’s our right to defend our people, and this is what we shall do."
The Israeli government is considering options, which include using ground troops, to put a stop to the rocket barrage. They've been forced to go that route before, but are doing everything they can to avoid doing so again.
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