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The Qassam that struck a western Negev home on Sunday. (Limor Edrey)
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Qassam strikes Negev home; two-year-old toddler lightly hurt
By Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondent, and The Associated Press
Tags: P.A., West Bank, Palestinians 

Palestinian militants fired a Qassam rocket that exploded next to a home in Kibbutz Zikim in the western Negev on Sunday, lightly wounding a two-year-old boy. His mother and six bystanders were treated for shock.

Both the child, Rom Katzir, and his mother Sivan, who is six months pregnant were evacuated to the Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon. The rocket struck approximately two meters from the home and caused minor damage to the house.

The rocket landed not far from the Gaza-Israel border and the town of Ashkelon, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.
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Palestinians launched a series of rocket attacks on Israel over the weekend, including one which hit a factory in the western Negev Friday. On Thursday, the cabinet declared a "special situation" in Sderot and in other communities bordering the Hamas-run Gaza Strip due to the ongoing barrage.

IDF cracks down on Hamas in West Bank

Earlier Sunday, Israel Defense Forces troops arrested 25 Hamas members, including one of the militant group's parliamentarians, in overnight raids in the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian officials said.

The raid also came in wake of a pro-Hamas rally in Gaza on Saturday that drew about 250,000 people and was a major show of force for the Islamic group.

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      1.   More Kidnappings by the IDF = War Crimes 13:34  |  POP 16/12/07
      2.   When IDF soldiers are Kidnaped, Israel bombs civilians... 13:52  |  POP 16/12/07
      3.   Trade them for Gilad Shalit 14:08  |  Murray of Montreal 16/12/07
      4.   Hamas wants war with Israel, so war they got 14:47  |  Conroy 16/12/07
      5.   Israel responds by letting Gazans to travel thru Israel on Haj, 15:22  |  Absolute Sweden 16/12/07
      6.   Israel Kidnaps 25/Hamas reacts like Israel to Lebanon last summer 15:22  |  POP 16/12/07
      7.   Only JEWS suffer from shock 15:25  |  POP 16/12/07
      8.   POP: Palestinians bomb Israeli citizens and if they can`t 15:40  |  Murray of Montreal 16/12/07
      9.   The Hamas rally 15:51  |  Yonatan 16/12/07
      10.   The IDF are the outlaws in the Palestinian territories. 15:53  |  Dutch 16/12/07
      11.   Hey POP #1 #2 15:58  |  Yonni 16/12/07
      12.   Best wishes to the baby, his family and neighbors 16:04  |  KUTW 16/12/07
      13.   POP 16:06  |  RealityCheck 16/12/07
      14.   absolute scumbags 16:08  |  real vision 16/12/07
      15.   Lets see how the apologist justify this one 16:13  |  Nephtaly 16/12/07
      16.   TO NO 4. 16:15  |  DANNY. 16/12/07
      17.   They Fired a Rocket at a Baby 16:26  |  David Samson 16/12/07
      18.   Hamastan attacking Israel 16:53  |  Brod 16/12/07
      19.   Speaking again, POP? 17:03  |  Steve 16/12/07
      20.   missiles 17:30  |  marcel 16/12/07
      21.   Ashkelon etc. 17:32  |  Vital 16/12/07
      22.   Olmert and Livni refusing to defend Israel 17:33  |  Jonathan S 16/12/07
      23.   Kassams for fuel! Have Hamas trade their Kassams 17:36  |  Marabu 16/12/07
      24.   ASK DICHTER THE BABIES KILLER 17:38  |  indrajaya 16/12/07
      25.   Israel Can Appeal To Hamas Courts 17:44  |  Ron 16/12/07
      26.   "Special Situation" =We the Government can`t protect our citizens 17:47  |  Jon 16/12/07
      27.   I`m Crazy, I Tell You 17:55  |  POOP 16/12/07
      28.   Darwin to POP: somebody has to be left behind.... 17:56  |  Bennie 16/12/07
      29.   Creativity vs. Tourism 18:05  |  Chris 16/12/07
      30.   Absolute Idiot 18:09  |  Jussi 16/12/07
      31.   What`s next? 18:11  |  Mars 16/12/07
      32.   # 24 Indy....this is just a child who was hurt 18:14  |  Lynn 16/12/07
      33.   Why do you bother replying to dog POOP? 18:21  |  PEEP 16/12/07
      34.   Where is Barak? 18:21  |  Brod 16/12/07
      35.   Let`s ask Dichter about targeting babies... He would know! 18:36  |  POP 16/12/07
      36.   #31, MARS 18:38  |  indrajaya 16/12/07
      37.   No nation can tolerate constant terror attacks on its citizens 18:41  |  Marwan مروان خوري 16/12/07
      38.   # 32, LYNN 18:45  |  indrajaya 16/12/07
      39.   When peace will come 18:45  |  Cheops 16/12/07
      40.   Hamas is illegitimate and a failure 18:47  |  Marwan مروان خوري 16/12/07
      41.   Other crimes 18:52  |  Dav 16/12/07
      42.   890 children killed in Palestina 18:59  |  Dav 16/12/07
      43.   41 If IDF were like HAMAS, Gaza would be a Mushroom Cloud 19:10  |  Rob 16/12/07
      44.   All 890 of those killed as result of palestinian terror 19:17  |  Johnny 16/12/07
      45.   25 percent of israeli soldiers... - due to palestinian terror 19:33  |  Johnny 16/12/07
      46.   When Feiglin is PM, Israel will declare total war on Aza 19:42  |  TheyBelongInSinai 16/12/07
      47.   #42 Dav; Hahahahahaha! 19:45  |  Murray of Montreal 16/12/07
      48.   Dav add to that the one thousand kille by Hamas and U have a real 19:49  |  Human Rights 16/12/07
      49.   POP`s faulty logic. IDF - recognized army, Hamas - terrorists 20:19  |  Marwan مروان خوري 16/12/07
      50.   Put Hamas prisoners in Sderot 20:21  |  AJ 16/12/07
      51.   Few armies in the world go to the extend the IDF goes to protect 20:22  |  Marwan مروان خوري 16/12/07
      52.   It breaks my heart that any child is injured.... 20:30  |  Deborah 16/12/07
      53.   #44 Sniper 20:39  |  Dav 16/12/07
      54.   #38 Indy ...I don`t want to see any babies hurt 20:41  |  Lynn 16/12/07
      55.   Why do so many Israeli`s go into "shock" 21:07  |  Tim 16/12/07
      56.   POP, Dutch and other Israel-bashing drones 21:14  |  Marwan مروان خوري 16/12/07
      57.   Indrajaya, you`re a craven coward 21:31  |  Yonatan 16/12/07
      58.   Israel should arrest Haniyeh and Meshal 21:36  |  Alexander Frank 16/12/07
      59.   Sderot paying for a stupid Israeli policy 21:36  |  Tosefta 16/12/07
      60.   Stop Palestinian terrorist (Hamas) from hurting our toddlers! 21:38  |  Mark Hamil 16/12/07
      61.   7POP,only jews sufer from shock! 21:42  |  lakshmi 16/12/07
      62.   3 Murray of Montreal,your solution:1 israeli for 1,000 21:43  |  lakshmi 16/12/07
      63.   Israeli Shock or Jubilation... 22:45  |  Maureen Ann 16/12/07
      64.   they are there we are here 22:57  |  Rob k 16/12/07
      65.   To the Haaretz censorship room , 23:01  |  Joseph E . 16/12/07
      66.   Occupation 23:03  |  O q Pay shun 16/12/07
      67.   Palestinian Arabs observe 3 of their 5 pillars, so it seems? 23:06  |  Yered Shmuel 16/12/07
      68.   52 Deborah,I didn`t see you shed any tears when Palestinian 23:10  |  lakshmi 16/12/07
      69.   No condemnations for attacks on Israeli civilians? 23:29  |  Gina 16/12/07
      70.   I wish it were just a cynical choice Tosefta 23:32  |  Mark Lincoln 16/12/07
      71.   Interesting question Yered 23:41  |  Mark Lincoln 16/12/07
      72.   Qassan 23:45  |  Occupation 16/12/07
      73.   Don`t worry, POP 23:46  |  Judith 16/12/07
      74.   DONER`S CONFERENCE. 23:57  |  The Teacher/Instruct 16/12/07
      75.   #62 Lakshmi; Sorry but you obviously failed math in grade 3 23:57  |  Murray of Montreal 16/12/07
      76.   # 50, AJ 00:02  |  indrajaya 17/12/07
      77.   75Murray of Montreal what happened to your brain and your 00:58  |  lakshmi 17/12/07
      78.   I agree with your analysis (Mark Lincoln #70) 01:16  |  Tosefta 17/12/07
      79.   to Brod # 34 01:35  |  Judah N. Wenkel 17/12/07
      80.   #68. Lakshmi, you`re very wrong........... 02:03  |  Deborah 17/12/07
      81.   @ lakshmi 02:34  |  Adrian de Klerk 17/12/07