One person suffered light shrapnel wounds and others were in shock after two Kassam rockets fired from the Gaza Strip landed in Sderot on Friday evening, hitting an apartment building. A spokesman for the Sderot Municipality said that the city's early warning system had been triggered shortly before the rockets landed. Earlier in the day, three Kassams struck Sderot and Ashkelon. There were no reports of wounded or damage. In addition, a barrage of five mortar shells fired from the Gaza Strip landed near the security fence, wounding no one.
Meanwhile, clashes between IDF troops and Palestinians continued in Gaza. On Friday afternoon, a firefight erupted between Palestinian gunmen and IDF forces operating in the southern Gaza Strip. One Palestinian was reported wounded. The IDF operation was intended to locate tunnels that were being used for weapons smuggling from Egypt to Gaza. IDF troops operating elsewhere in Gaza also reported coming under fire. None of the soldiers were reported wounded.