Two people were reportedly killed a short time ago after a rocket landed on a residential building in Ashkelon.

This comes as rockets continue to be fired from Hamas for the second day now.

United Hatzalah this morning released the following:

“United Hatzalah volunteers treated two women in critical condition and one woman in serious condition as a result of separate rocket attacks in Ashkelon.

United Hatzalah Chief Paramedic Elad Becher treated the injured at the scene of the first strike and said: “This was a very complex situation. We treated a woman in critical condition and another in serious condition after a rocket struck a home in Ashkelon. there was a lot of damage and debris and the injured needed to be extricated from the debris before we could treat them. The woman in critical condition was suffering from severe injuries to her lower body. ”

United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Michael Rashid treated a woman in her 70s in a separate incident after a rocket hit her home. “The woman was in critical condition after her home suffered a direct hit. Together with other EMS personnel, I treated her for her injuries and she was then taken to the hospital. United Hatzalah’s Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit is active at the scene and providing emotional and psychological first aid to a number of people suffering from anxiety and shock.”

Vice President of Operations for United Hatzalah Paramedic Dov Maisel reported from Ashkelon, “We are being dispatched from location to location wherever rockets are falling and treating the injured together with local United Hatzalah volunteers who live in close proximity to the landing sites. Our Psychotrauma and Crisis Response Unit is also being dispatched and is very active and currently treating a number of people suffering from emotional or psychological shock and anxiety due to the rocket fire.”

The IDF promised a serious response, and thus far, at least one senior rocket official, along with others, were assassinated.

“Our hearts are with our brothers and sisters under attack in Eretz Yisroel,” Agudah said, asking that the Yom Tefillah – called for by the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah in a Kol Korei released in the wake of the Meron tragedy – also focus on the wellbeing and security of Acheinu Bais Yisroel b’Eretz Hakodesh.