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Qassam rocket hits Sderot, sparks brushfire; no casualties
By Yuval Azoulay and Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondents
Palestinian militants fired a Qassam rocket at the western Negev town of Sderot late Friday afternoon, which sparked a brushfire but caused no casualties or damage to property.
On Thursday afternoon gunmen in the Gaza Strip also fired three Qassam rockets into the western Negev. Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon reported that one person was treated for shock. No property damage was reported.
One of the rockets fired Thursday landed in an animal pen belonging to former prime minister Ariel Sharon's Sycamore Ranch.
The pen is not actually within the ranch's bounds, and the rocket caused no damage to it.
Palestinians launched two more Qassams late Thursday, one of which hit an antenna in Kibbutz Nir Am.
Also Thursday, an Israel Air Force helicopter strike destroyed the disused control tower at Gaza's defunct airport. There were no casualties in the raid.
The Israel Defense Forces said that the air force fired at three armed men seen in the vicinity of the airport, near southern Gaza's border with Israel, but gave no further details.
Islamic Jihad said three of its gunmen were in the area, but left shortly before the strike.
The airport was closed down shortly after the outbreak of the intifada in 2000.