Two Israelis died Tuesday in a mortar attack on Kibbutz Nirim, near the border with the Gaza Strip, and four others were wounded.
One person was in serious condition, and three others suffered minor injuries, in the strike on the Eshkol region community.
One man died while first-response workers tried to save his life. A second man was initially listed as critical but died several hours later in hospital.
Medical care was given to the wounded as rockets and mortars fell around the kibbutz and Code Red sirens wailed.
The two Israelis killed Tuesday raised the civilian death toll in Israel in Operation Protective Edge, which entered its fiftieth day Tuesday, to six.
The Nirim attack came amid a fierce bombardment of the towns and communities of southern Israel in the hour before a ceasefire agreed upon by Israeli and Palestinian representatives took effect.
Earlier in the day, dozens were injured in Ashkelon when a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip struck a house in the southern coastal city.
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