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Rocket from Gaza hits Israel on election day

The rocket landed near Beersheba while Prime Minister Netanyahu was campaigning there.
Practice rocket fired in Gaza

A rocket was fired from Gaza into Israel on Tuesday as Israelis voted in their national election. 

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Tuesday night that a rocket had been fired from the Palestinian territory and had hit an empty field near the southern city of Beersheba. The IDF did not immediately provide further details, only adding that the affected areas were placed on “alert.”

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