Qassam rocket aimed at Israel misfires, wounds PA policeman

Qassam rocket aimed at Israel misfires, wounds PA policeman

By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent

Two Palestinians were wounded Sunday when a Qassam rocket aimed at Israel mistakenly hit a house in the Gaza Strip town of Dir al-Balah.

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Military sources said that over the past two weeks, since the targeted killing of Luay Saadi, head of the Islamic Jihad's military wing in the area, some 40 Qassam rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip toward Israel.


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Sources in the Israel Defense Forces ascribe the low rate of Qassam attacks over the past two weeks to the army's creation of "buffer zones" by artillery action which, though aimed at open fields, has distanced launchings from the border with Israel and resulted in inaccurate aims.

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Also on Sunday, IDF troops discovered a 30-kilogram explosive charge near the northern border of the Gaza Strip. The bomb was safely detonated by soldiers
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