Three wounded as Islamic Jihad fires Qassams rockets at Sderot

Last update - 14:36 15/06/2006


Three wounded as Islamic Jihad fires Qassams rockets at Sderot

By Avi Issacharoff, Amos Harel and Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondents

Islamic Jihad fired a salvo of Qassam rockets into the western Negev city of Sderot on Thursday morning, wounding three people. The strike came shortly after the ruling Hamas party denied a Haaretz report that it had ordered an end to Qasssam strikes, fearing its leadership would be targeted by Israel.

Two of the rockets slammed into an open area near the city, a third hit near the city's entrance and the fourth crashed into the Sderot industrial area damaging a factory. Another three rockets crashed into Israel on Thursday.

One person sustained minor facial wounds from shrapnel when the factory roof collapsed as a result of the rocket's impact. Two other people were treated for shock.
But speaking to Israel Radio on Thursday afternoon, a spokesman for the Hamas government said it does want a cease-fire with Israel, and is willing to speak to Palestinian militant factions in Gaza to persuade them to end the rocket fire.
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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/727027.html

Did it go in the same drawer as the Social Security reform package & the flight to mars?

Good to see them try to work things out. :sarcasm:

that kids in Sderot are using Qasssam ringtones. The ringtone sounds like a missile, kinda bizarre. I guess it's their way to deal with the stress of living that kind of area.