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Gaza rockets hit southern Israel during Obama visit
Two rockets fired by militants in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Thursday hit southern Israel as US President Barack Obama was visiting the Jewish state, police said.Obama arrived in Israel on Wednesday for the first visit of the US president since being elected more than four years ago, and was expected in Ramallah on Thursday for talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas. Israeli officials pointed the finger at Islamist movement Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, over the rocket attack. The group implicitly denied responsibility, but gave a guarded reaction to Israeli accusations. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said that one [rocket] exploded in the back yard of a house in Sderot, causing damage, and the second landed in a field, referring to a town very close to the Gaza border, which was visited by Obama on a previous trip in 2008 when he was a senator. Military officials cited by army radio said they believed the attack was timed deliberately to coincide with Obamas visit. (video) Posted by: tipper 2013-03-21 |
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