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VIDEO / Jihad claims responsibility for Qassam attack on Sderot
By Mijal Grinberg, Yuval Azoulay and Avi Issacharoff, Haaretz Correspondents and The Associated Press
Tags: Israel, Gaza, Qassam, Sderot

Islamic Jihad's military wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, claimed responsibility Sunday for a Qassam rocket attack on Sderot earlier in the day.

In response to the attack, Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday ordered all Israel-Gaza border crossings closed. The Qassam exploded in a field in the southern town and sparked a brushfire, a fresh violation of an Israel-Hamas truce in the Gaza Strip.

Alongside Islamic Jihad's claim of responsibility, another Palestinian militant group affiliated with the secular Fatah, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, warned that the June cease-fire with Israel is close to ending.
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No one was hurt in the Qassam strike, although one man was taken to Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon to be treated for shock. It was the first such attack in nearly three weeks.

Barak came to the decision after consulting with Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai and other defense officials. The defense establishment will evaluate the situation on the ground Monday, after which Barak will decide whether to continue the closure.

The Sunday afternoon attack was a violation of the cease-fire between Israel and the Islamic Hamas, which rules Gaza. Before the truce, rockets hit Sderot and surrounding communities almost every day.

In the past, Israel has closed border crossings with Gaza in retaliation for rocket attacks. The last one was Aug. 26, when two rockets were seen being launched. Their landing points were not found.



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      1.   Nice expression, Haaretz: "truce violence" 18:12  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 14/09/08
      2.   truce violation 18:46  |  Ralph 14/09/08
      3.   Dear Mr Olmert 19:18  |  Lobstertree 14/09/08
      4.   Ahmedinejad gives terrorists confidence 19:53  |  Conroy 14/09/08
      5.   come on already respond NOW 20:04  |  vik 14/09/08
      6.   `Truce violation` 20:05  |  Colin Wright 14/09/08
      7.   # 1 Margie...speaking of good deeds, 20:13  |  Lynn 14/09/08
      8.   Dear Mr Lobstertree 20:16  |  Israeli citizen 14/09/08
      9.   Hamas must be crushed. 20:24  |  Jean Van Daem 14/09/08
      10.   Hamas should be commended 20:25  |  Joseph L. 14/09/08
      11.   interesting olmert coincidence 20:29  |  Arie 14/09/08
      12.   Margie did you ever leave Israel and visit an Arab country? 20:36  |  Kareem 14/09/08
      13.   The Same As Iran Took Over Gaza After Kadima 20:51  |  Joseph.E 14/09/08
      14.   Commending Hamas? Collective Punishment 20:58  |  Bronxite10 14/09/08
      15.   Barak orders crossings closed after Qassam attack: gooood! 21:07  |  Conroy 14/09/08
      16.   Gaza is caotic 21:43  |  Max 14/09/08
      17.   Margie - Israel has to be reminded from time to time 21:44  |  Philip 14/09/08
      18.   Barak is a loser 21:52  |  Meir Weinstein 14/09/08
      19.   Kareem I feel the same way 21:54  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 14/09/08
      20.   Max all that is untrue. 22:02  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 14/09/08
      21.   19, Gaza Density 22:19  |  Max 14/09/08
      22.   #11 Kareem dont be taken in by Margie--just watch a while 23:03  |  Labhras 14/09/08
      23.   #18 Margie wants peace but the greater Israel as well 23:08  |  Labhras 14/09/08
      24.   Lobstertree; Are you for real? 23:27  |  Murray the Mongoose 14/09/08
      25.   Reality 23:35  |  Jane 14/09/08
      26.   "new truce violation"???? 23:47  |  Cameron 14/09/08
      27.   Max 23:51  |  Linichka 14/09/08
      28.   IJ "claims responsibility" 23:55  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 14/09/08
      29.   Stupid Islamic Jihad idiots/terrorists, but was it ever that calm 00:01  |  Swiss (Dino) 15/09/08
      30.   evaluate the situation on the ground Monday 00:07  |  vik 15/09/08
      31.   Did you ever visit an Arab Country 00:23  |  Jamal Abu Khadijeh 15/09/08
      32.   Kareem: actually, i have visited Arab countries 01:28  |  Richard S 15/09/08
      33.   Proud responsibility 01:38  |  Dudka 15/09/08
      34.   1Margie of Tel Aviv, the problem is the original sin of the 01:41  |  lakshmi 15/09/08
      35.   Real responsibility 01:44  |  Arie 15/09/08
      36.   Max # 15 Chaotic Gaza 03:16  |  Jeff Northridge 15/09/08
      37.   Hypocrisy 03:34  |  ussishkin 15/09/08
      38.   #13 Bronxite 10 04:04  |  Joseph L. 15/09/08
      39.   Richard S: not true 06:22  |  Kareem 15/09/08
      40.   Lakshmi 10/10 for stubbornness. 0/10 for logic 09:07  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 15/09/08
      41.   These lefties get paid for evaluating only 10:07  |  Take cover 15/09/08
      42.   LAKSHMI Original sin "Israel to be obliterated By Islam"! 10:12  |  PETER SM 15/09/08
      43.   LAKSHMI Original sin "Israel to be obliterated By Islam"! 10:12  |  PETER SM 15/09/08
      44.   #39 And,Kareem,which exactly is that land? 10:33  |  Hastaroth 15/09/08
      45.   #37 Ussishkin`s hypocrisy 10:37  |  Hastaroth 15/09/08
      46.   Truce, what truce?? 10:55  |  Lunni 15/09/08
      47.   Meir Weinstein in Toronto. (18).re.Barak. 10:56  |  Stephen 15/09/08
      48.   A GOOD THING FOR BOTH SIDE 11:05  |  indrajaya 15/09/08
      49.   #19 the ccccchampion hypocrite labarse of arabia is lecturing aga 11:34  |  v.hardman 15/09/08
      50.   #31 on my visits to muslim countries i was underwhelmed by 11:36  |  v.hardman 15/09/08
      51.   The snake`s fangs are ALWAYS there, don`t be fooled 11:58  |  Harvey 15/09/08
      52.   @ Max 13:01  |  Ralph 15/09/08
      53.   Lakshmi - 34 original sin 14:15  |  ChanahS 15/09/08
      54.   THEY want a "long term Hudna".They never kept this one 15:30  |  PETER SM 15/09/08
      55.   THE missiles by return that Israel owes them keeps adding up 15:32  |  PETER SM 15/09/08
      56.   lakshmi # 34 if the occupation is all this is about 16:14  |  terrornator 15/09/08
      57.   #49 Paul Harris from TA AKA Victor Hardman 16:23  |  Labhras 15/09/08
      58.   #40 Margie ex SA re Lahshmi 16:31  |  Labhras 15/09/08
      59.   Hamas & Islamic Jihad Are The Same Wake Up Israel 16:32  |  Shepherd 15/09/08
      60.   #20 Margie offers us the Olive branch as proof 16:39  |  Labhras 15/09/08
      61.   #44: Hastaroth 17:14  |  Kareem 15/09/08
      62.   Labhras (#55) Good point Labhras, Really 18:10  |  Gil 15/09/08
      63.   Kareem 18:18  |  x-ray 15/09/08
      64.   Lies 18:35  |  lady from USA 15/09/08
      65.   Kareem the travel agent 20:45  |  Golani 15/09/08
      66.   Golani 21:15  |  Kareem 15/09/08
      67.   Kareem (66). 22:38  |  Stephen. 15/09/08
      68.   Kareem # 66 - another myth 23:28  |  ChanahS 15/09/08
      69.   Jamal from Amman 23:31  |  David 15/09/08
      70.   Kareem Small problem 23:45  |  Golani 15/09/08
      71.   kareem 01:40  |  sh 16/09/08
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