| Normally, we think of raiders riding into town on horses or at least camels, waving swords or guns, and actually attacking something. Blowing a rocket or two in the general direction of somewhere isn't what you'd call a raid. |
The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Islamic Jihad Movement on Sunday claimed responsibility for two (Quds 3) missiles, which were fired against the occupied city of Al-Majdal, according to a statement by the group. It said that Zionist sources acknowledged the missile attack against the targeted areas.Furthermore, Palestinian resistance fighters launched on Sunday three missiles from north Gaza which exploded in the area of Al-Naqb in south Israel. An Israeli army spokesman said that one of the rockets exploded in the town of Yad Mordekhai in south Israel while the second one fell in the agricultural area of Kermia. The third missile exploded in the sea. The spokesman claimed there were no casualties nor damage.
On the other hand, Israeli security authorities said today that they have detained a Palestinian man from Gaza who was intending to carry out a suicidal operation inside Israel. The Israeli daily Haaretz quoted the authorities as saying that the internal security body had detained a youth called Sameh Haddad at the Eretz crossing after finding forged medical documents in his possession. It said that Haddad has been accused of planning to carry out a suicidal operation in one of the Israeli towns.
In Cairo, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas reiterated his full objection to the Israeli unilateral measures, pointing out that there was a Palestinian partner ready to sit down and negotiate all issues. He said in statements following his meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that the Israeli unilateral security measures were not acceptable because they conflicted with the Quartet-backed Road Map and with UN resolutions. He said that any Israeli government "should deal with us and not ignore the Palestinian partner and the UN, which was considered the main link between us and them."
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