Gaza Militants Fire Rocket into Israel
A rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip hit southern Israel on Saturday night causing no casualties or damage, an Israeli police spokesman said.
"A rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip at the Eshkol region. It landed in an open area without causing any damage or injuries," Micky Rosenfeld told Agence France Presse.
On Friday night, a rocket struck between two houses near the southern port city of Ashkelon, causing no casualties but damaging the houses and an electricity pylon.
There was no immediate claim for the Friday attack from any militant group in Gaza.
But a member of the al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, was wounded early on Saturday in a blast in Beit Lahiya near Gaza City, witnesses said.
A security official for the Islamist Hamas movement which rules Gaza told AFP that the explosion was the result of an Israeli air strike.
But an Israeli armed forces spokeswoman said she had no knowledge of any military activity in Gaza early on Saturday.
Source: Agence France Presse
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