A grenade was thrown at the home of a senior Defense Ministry official in Sderot - and exploded in the yard.

January 1, 2022   

This evening (Saturday night), unknown assailants threw a grenade at the home of a senior Defense Ministry official who lives in the city of Sderot. On Saturday: The mother rested, the child pulled the trigger – and was hospitalized in serious condition Are you crazy? Is your child unprotected? One in every 150 children who contracted the virus was hospitalized According to a report by Tamir Steinman on Channel 12, for a year and a half the senior officer had been alerting senior law enforcement officials about concerns for his family's safety, due to a confrontation with a criminal - and according to him, nothing was done. This evening, the home cameras recorded people passing by his house - and immediately afterwards, a grenade was thrown into his yard and exploded. At the time of the grenade explosion, his young children were at home. Miraculously, no one was injured. The police have opened an investigation into the incident, which focuses on a suspected dispute between neighbors. The police said: "The Israel Police recently opened an investigation into an incident in the city of Sderot, after a 'practice grenade' was apparently found in the yard of one of the houses. "Police investigators are collecting evidence and findings in order to identify the suspect in the act.".