Israeli envoy calls on UN to condemn Gaza rocket fire

Israeli UN envoy Ron Prosor called on the UN Security Council to condemn the recent rocket fire from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, The Jerusalem Post reported. In a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Prosor wrote, "While children were on there way back to school from the Passover vacation two rockets landed near Sderot. Instead of rushing to classrooms, these children and their families were forced to rush to bomb shelters." Prosor called on the Security Council to condemn the attacks before the situation escalates. "The time has come for the Security Council to begin to worry for the safety of Israeli citizens as well." A Gazan mortar shell exploded in the Eshkol region in the South early on Thursday morning. The shell triggered the Color Red alert before striking a field, and did not cause injuries or damages. The remainder of Thursday remained free of Palestinian projectile attacks on the South.