(11 Nov 2012)
1. Mid of damage to ceiling of house caused by rocket
2. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Yair Shadadi, Sderot resident:
"I want them to wake up and help the people in the south. It is unthinkable that we are abandoned in such a way. We are suffering for 48 hours, more than 50 to 60 rockets were fired just in Sderot and the neighbouring area."
3. Mid of group of people inside house checking damage
4. SOUNDBITE: (Hebrew) Liron Tsabar, resident of damaged house:
"Nothing will help. They are still bombarding, they will continue to do so, and we will run for shelter with children who are growing up with such explosions."
++NIGHT SHOTS++
5. Mid of police officers talking outside house
6. Pan across women walking
7. Mid of security officer talking to woman outside house
8. Wide of family members and officials outside property
STORYLINE:
A Palestinian rocket made a direct hit on an Israeli home in the town of Sderot on Sunday, the Israeli military said.
No injuries were reported.
According to the military, more than 80 rockets had landed in Israel and 12,000 Israeli students stayed home from school on Sunday.
"We are suffering for 48 hours, more than 50 to 60 rockets were fired just in Sderot and the neighbouring area," said Yair Shadadi, a Sderot resident.
The incident is part of some of the heaviest fighting the area has seen in months.
Israeli forces struck targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing one Palestinian and wounding more than 30 others as militants launched dozens of rockets.
Low-level cross-border fighting is common in the border area, but clashes escalated on Thursday night when an explosives-packed tunnel under the Gaza-Israel frontier blew up, in what the Israeli military called an attempt by Palestinian militants to kill or kidnap soldiers.
Palestinians said the blast was a roadside bomb to avenge the death of an 11-year-old boy who was shot dead earlier in the evening during an exchange of fire with Israelis.
In response, Israel launched air-strikes that have killed six Gazans and wounded almost 40.
Palestinian rocket and mortar barrages have wounded four Israeli civilians and kept a large swathe of the country running for cover.
The flare-up increased pressure on the Israeli government to put an end to the violence, which could turn into a major conflagration just two months before the country's general election.
Israeli leaders quickly amped up their rhetoric, warning Gaza's Islamic Hamas rulers they will pay a heavy price should they allow rocket fire toward Israel to continue.
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