A technical malfunction by Israel's Iron Dome system led to the death of an Israeli man killed by a rocket in Rehovot yesterday, according to the IDF.

The missile system, which did fire as expected, missed the projectile fired from Gaza, allowing it to hit the apartment building in central Israel.

A man was killed after he was trapped under the rubble in the building yesterday afternoon.

Several other residents were injured in the attack, one of over 850 rockets to be fired from Gaza by Palestinian Islamic Jihad this week.

According to the Jerusalem Post, two other homes were hit in the southern Israeli city of Sderot yesterday, although no injuries were reported.