Nearly a dozen Kassam rockets struck the western Negev on Monday. Nine of the rockets hit Sderot, including one that landed as Defense Minister Amir Peretz voted in his hometown in the Labor Party primaries.Several of the rockets fell in open areas. One caused a fire when it hit a wheat field, and another struck the Sderot cemetery. One Sderot resident was very lightly wounded, and there was limited damage.The Southern Film Festival, which was scheduled to open in Sderot, was moved to Netivot because of the rocket attacks.Meanwhile, few students arrived at school in Sderot Monday, which reopened for first- to ninth-graders after two weeks of disruptions due to rocket attacks that have killed two. At one elementary school, just 20 of the 150 students showed up, and in another only 20 out of 300 arrived.The Education Ministry on Sunday rejected a request by Mayor Eli Moyal to end the school year in the town immediately.
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