4 Qassams hit western Negev, causing damage but no injuries

Four Qassam rockets struck southern Israel from Gaza on Thursday morning, a day after 18 Palestinians were killed in botched IDF shelling of rocket launch sites in Beit Hanun.

Two of the rockets hit the area of a kibbutz; one caused light damage to a cow shed and the other landed at the entrance to a community and caused no damage. A third rocket fell in the town of Sderot, damaging a car. There were no injuries in any of the rocket strikes.

Senior Hamas members called on Wednesday on the organization's military wing to resume suicide terror attacks in Israel in the wake of the shelling.

Khaled Meshal, the head of Hamas' political bureau, said, at a press conference in Damascus, that the temporary halt to such attacks in Israel had come to an end.

Haaretz

Two people were lightly injured as a Qassam rocket hit central Sderot on Thursday evening.

The rocket hit in the western Negev town's industrial area, near the municipal building, and caused significant damage.

Six Qassam rockets struck southern Israel from Gaza earlier Thursday, a day after 18 Palestinians were killed in botched IDF shelling of rocket launch sites in Beit Hanun.

Four rockets were fired Thursday morning, two of which hit the area of a kibbutz; one caused light damage to a cow shed and the other landed at the entrance to a community and caused no damage. A third rocket fell in the town of Sderot, damaging a car. There were no injuries in any of the rocket strikes.

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Qassam rockets continued to be fired Friday, with two falling close to a town in the western Negev. There were no reports of injuries or damage.

Earlier Friday, Israel Defense Forces troops wounded a Palestinian gunman who approached the border fence near the Karni crossing between Israel and the northeastern Gaza Strip.

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On Friday morning, Palestinian militants fired a Qassam rocket that landed in an open field outside the town of Sderot. No injuries or damage were reported in the incident.

The security forces arrested Thursday night 27 wanted Palestinian militants across the West Bank.

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The state told the High Court of Justice on Tuesday there was no way to protect Sderot schoolchildren from the threat of Qassam missiles, because it would be impossible to reinforce all classrooms in the city before the start of school next fall.

The state is asking the court to reject two petitions filed by Sderot residents demanding the reinforcement of all educational institutions in Sderot and environs against Qassams.

"There is no disputing that studying in the non-reinforced classrooms entails a certain security risk to students," the state argued in its response.

"However, it seems that for the time being, there is no alternative. This risk is not significantly different from the risk to which students are exposed en route from home to school and back, by bus or private car, which of course are not reinforced against Qassam missiles, or from the risk to which they are exposed during the day when they are in many other places besides reinforced classrooms, such as other parts of the school, extracurricular activities, places of entertainment and various public institutions and even in their homes, many of which are within missile range and are not reinforced."

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