Gaza rocket hits Ashkelon, Israel files complaint with UN

Palestinian militants fired a rocket into the southern city of Ashkelon from the Gaza Strip Monday evening. No one was hurt and no damage was caused in the attack.

In light of the ongoing rocket fire from Gaza this week, the parents' association of the Ashkelon school system announced that they would shut down area schools, as the buildings are not properly fortified against rocket attacks.

The parents said that they would go to the schools and physically prevent students from entering the buildings, Israel Radio reported.

Meanwhile, Israel filed an official complaint with the United Nations on Monday over the continuing rocket fire.

"The government of Israel will continue to safeguard its citizens and will do everything in its power to ensure that the situation in the south will not go back to what it was before December 2008," read a letter submitted to the UN Security Council. "Israel will not endure and will respond in kind to attacks against its citizens."

On December 27, 2008, Israel launched a large-scale 22-day offensive in the Gaza Strip in efforts to bring an end to the ongoing rocket fire on Israel's southern communities. The operation ended with each side declaring a unilateral truce, but rockets have continued to trickle on Israel's southern communities, and Israel continued responding to the attacks. No formal cease-fire agreement has been reached, as of yet.

Monday evening's rocket attack came after at least 10 rockets fired into Israel, with one Qassam rocket, termed by experts as an "upgraded rocket," exploding in the yard of an Ashkelon school. Another 7 rockets were launched into Israel on Sunday, one of which struck a yard in Sderot. No one was hurt in any of the attacks.