Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was escorted off a stage by bodyguards and evacuated from a campaign event in southern Israel on Wednesday after local media reported that a rocket from Gaza aimed at the region was fired.
After sirens sounded, Netanyahu and his wife Sara took shelter briefly near the campaign venue, before resuming the event in Ashkelon, Israeli TV stations reported. Netanyahu was campaigning to maintain his leadership of the conservative Likud party in an internal election on Thursday.
