The Jewish Agency's emergency aid to communities will be granted in addition to the direct aid provided by the Jewish Agency's fund for victims of terrorism to families affected by the war.
The organization has already raised a little over half their goal of $10 million USD
A terrorist was shot and killed after being caught near southern Ashkelon on Friday.
Seven different homes in Sderot were directly hit during the most recent barrage of rockets from Gaza, MDA said.
REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK: Residents have been at home for five days, and there are still concerns about terrorist threats in the areas around the city.
"We will prevail against our enemies,” the president said.
'We need to reestablish the state from scratch, we need to reestablish the kibbutz and the whole Eshkol Regional Council. All the kibbutzim were destroyed.'