One person was killed this morning and two more injured when a Kornet anti-tank guided missile was fired at an Israeli jeep near the northern Gaza border. The IDF considers the use of the advanced weaponry a new level of escalation. Earlier the IDF had warned residents near the Gaza border to stay home for fear of snipers in the Strip.

The IDF said this morning over 1,050 rockets and mortar shells were fired from Gaza toward Israel since the outbreak of fighting on Monday evening. While 200 failed to reach Israeli territory, landing inside the Strip, some 850 entered Israeli airspace.

Hundreds of thousands of Israelis in the south of Israel, the Jerusalem region, the Tel Aviv region, the central region of the Ben Gurion airport and the Sharon region just north of Tel Aviv spent part of the night in shelters as the sirens warned of imminent rockets. The Iron Dome air defense system reportedly intercepted 85-90% of the projectiles as they headed for populated areas in Israel.

Still, several rockets hit buildings and cars. Five civilians were killed. Khalil Awad, 52, and his daughter Nadin, 16, were killed early this morning in their village of Dahamash, near the town of Lod in the center of Israel. Residents of the village said since its status was never regularized, no public shelters were built there and people simply stayed at home when the sirens sounded. The father and daughter were reportedly eating their early Ramadan breakfast when their home was hit.