Palestinian militants in the northern Gaza Strip fired a Qassam rocket into the western Negev early Saturday. The rocket hit an open area in the Sdot Negev regional council. Later Saturday, the Palestinian Maan news agency reported that the Israel Defense Force fired artillery rounds at gunmen at the central Gaza Strip. No injuries were reported. The IDF said in response that no such attack took place. Might explain why nobody was hurt...
According to the report, the IDF also opened machine-gun fire from vehicles stationed on the border toward nearby central Gaza homes.
| I assume that means the Palestinian Ma'an report. Quite possibly the Qassam rocket actually never made it beyond the nearby Palestinian houses... that seems to be what the Palestinian rocketeers do best. |
Also, earlier in the month, militants fired mortars at a crossing into Israel just as Palestinian patients were being transferred for treatment. The IAF responded by attacking smuggling tunnels, with no known casualties on the Palestinian side.
In another recent incident, an IDF patrol opened fire on Palestinian militants on Monday after spotting their approach to the Gaza border fence. Palestinian sources said three people were wounded in the cross-border fire.