Rockets appear to target PM Netanyahu who was holding election rally in Ashdod, security guards forced him from stage; Iron Dome intercepts both

Iron Dome intercepts two rockets fired at southern cities of Ashdod and Ashkelon while PM was attending election rally there; security guards forced him from stage

Parties on left and right condemn premier's Gaza strategy after he is taken off stage; Bennett calls it a 'national humiliation'; Lapid: 'Netanyahu is done and can leave the stage'

Video shows prime minister being whisked away by security; political event in Ashkelon for Blue and White MK cut short due to warning sirens

Ashkelon mayor eulogizes sisters who were 'inseparable in life and death'; third sister, 14, fighting for her life

Victim's sisters aged 19 and 14 in serious condition, one fighting for her life; driver, 22, in moderate condition; engine thrown from car by force of collision with tree

IDF completes four-day drill that is Gaza Division's biggest since 2014 war; soldiers exercise response to attempted takeover of Ashkelon, evacuation of residents

As tensions escalate, Netanyahu says he is not guided by political considerations ahead of elections, but wants southern communities to feel safe

Rivkah Jamil, 89, becomes fifth fatality of flareup with Gaza; was hospitalized in serious condition when hurt while seeking shelter

High-tech analysis finds empirical proof that the Kingdom of Israel's biblical foes came to the Holy Land from southern Europe