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Rockets hit Negev after Israeli incursion in Gaza
(AKI) - On Wednesday, Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip launched at least 35 Qassam rockets that hit the western Negev desert in southern Israel after an aerial attack on Tuesday killed six Palestinians. Two of the rockets hit the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon and another hit a kibbutz in the Negev. The Islamist movement Hamas claimed responsibility for the attack, which caused no injuries.Not to worry. President B.O. will be happy to meet with them without preconditions. The barrage of rockets follow an Israeli incursion inside Gaza on Tuesday as the world watched the US presidential election unfold. Six Palestinians from Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades were killed in the aerial strike, considered the first armed clash in Gaza between Israel and Hamas since a cease-fire was declared in June. Four civilians were also injured in the attack. An Israeli Defence Forces spokesman said troops entered Gaza to destroy a tunnel which Gaza militants had allegedly dug under the border with Israel in an attempt to abduct soldiers, reported Israeli daily Haaretz. Hamas leaders have vowed to avenge the attack. "Al Qassam Brigades announced that it is going to respond at any aggression against the Palestinian people despite the calm in Gaza Strip," said a statement in the al-Qassam Brigades website. Posted by: Fred 2008-11-06 |
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