The IDF confirmed that two rockets fired out of Gaza hit the Eshkol regional council in the south of Israel.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

Even so, Levi Eshkol, the prime minister, opposed it for two weeks.

ECONOMIST: Israel and the Palestinians

In 1969, Levi Eshkol, Israeli prime minister since 1963, died.

CNN: Thursday,

Now, ten years after emigrating from Ukraine to Israel, Rottstein is again hiding from war, living deep underground in bomb shelter 215 in the Eshkol neighborhood of Qiryat Shemona.

NPR: Rockets Drive Israelis into Bomb Shelters

The al-Qaeda affiliated Mojahideen Shura claimed responsibility for firing two rockets at the Eshkol region Tuesday, saying it was retaliation for the death of a prominent Palestinian prisoner who died the same day in Israeli custody.

CNN: More rockets from Gaza irk Israel

Rabin, who fought in Israel's 1948 war for independence, will be buried with full military honors Monday at the Mount Herzl national cemetery in Jewish west Jerusalem, where the remains of Zionist founder Theodor Herzl and former prime ministers Levi Eshkol and Golda Meir were laid to rest.

CNN: Rabin's widow leads mourners