Warnings over rockets fired from Gaza toward the south of the country appeared on Israeli TV screens minutes after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu finished his speech at the White House today. Incoming rocket sirens sounded in the southern cities of Ashkelon and Ashdod, sending thousands of Israelis into bomb shelters. According to initial reports, at least two men were lightly injured and a few people suffered trauma.
Hamas was criticized for firing rockets at Israel while its prime minister delivered a message of peace, though experts noted that the rockets probably came from other Gaza groups.
