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JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli troops carried out four aerial attacks against Hamas targets in Gaza after an 8-year-old boy lost his leg in a rocket attack into Israel from the territory.
One of the boy's legs, which was partially severed by the blast, was amputated, and doctors said they were unsure whether they could save his other leg, Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon said Sunday, according to The Associated Press.
The boy's 19-year-old brother was also hurt by shrapnel from the Qassam rocket, which landed in the southern Israeli town of Sderot Saturday evening, officials said. He was said to be in moderate condition in hospital.
Palestinian militants have fired more than 40 Qassam rockets into southern Israel from Gaza over the weekend. The short-range homemade missiles are fired from Palestinian territories into Israel communities on almost a daily basis.
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israeli troops carried out four aerial attacks against Hamas targets in Gaza after an 8-year-old boy lost his leg in a rocket attack into Israel from the territory.
One of the boy's legs, which was partially severed by the blast, was amputated, and doctors said they were unsure whether they could save his other leg, Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon said Sunday, according to The Associated Press.
The boy's 19-year-old brother was also hurt by shrapnel from the Qassam rocket, which landed in the southern Israeli town of Sderot Saturday evening, officials said. He was said to be in moderate condition in hospital.
Palestinian militants have fired more than 40 Qassam rockets into southern Israel from Gaza over the weekend. The short-range homemade missiles are fired from Palestinian territories into Israel communities on almost a daily basis.
