Southern Front: 22 Qassams Land in Western Negev

While media attention focuses on northern front, Qassams continue to land in southern communities. Rockets hit Sderot and Kibbutz Nahal Oz Monday morning, two people hurt by shrapnel. On Sunday evening, rocket lands near strategic site in Ashkelon.

Twelve rockets landed in the western Negev Monday morning ? three of them falling in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, one in the yard of a Sderot house, and the rest apparently in open areas.

The morning's rockets joined eight other Qassams that landed within two hours Sunday evening in Ashkelon and Sderot, and another two that landed in other areas in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council.

The operation in the Gaza Strip continues. The IDF reported that in the past week some 90 terrorists have been killed.

Chief of Staff Dan Halutz said during today's situation analysis meeting that the forces will continue operating against the Qassams and to push for the return of the abducted soldier Gilad Shalit.