Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was taken off the stage at a campaign event in Ashkelon as a rocket was fired from Gaza into Israel
Jerusalem Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was taken off the stage at a campaign event in southern Israel Wednesday night as a rocket was fired from Gaza toward the city of Ashkelon, just one day before the 70-year-old Israeli leader faces a leadership challenge within his Likud party.
About two minutes after Netanyahu was introduced, video from the event shows Netanyahu being led away by security as the crowd chants"Bibi, Bibi!"The event organizer tells attendees there is a red alert in Ashkelon, warning of incoming rocket fire. He then says there is no need to worry.
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