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A home in Sderot after being directly hit by a Qassam rocket on Tuesday. (David Buimovitch/Jini)
Last update - 00:15 06/02/2008
Six people hurt in Qassam rocket barrage on Sderot
By Amos Harel and Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondents and Haaretz Service
Tags: Gaza, Israel, Sderot, Qassam

Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday evening fired eight Qassam rockets at the southern town of Sderot, one of which directly struck a home in the city leaving six people lightly wounded.

Palestinians in Gaza fired three Qassam rockets in the direction of Ashkelon late Tuesday night. No injuries or damage was reported.

According to Sderot's senior security officer, most of the rockets hit open fields around the city, but the barrage knocked out the power in one of the city's neighborhoods.
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The rockets were fired at Sderot precisely during the time that President Shimon Peres was meant to be visiting the area.

Earlier Tuesday, two Qassam rockets struck two factories in Sderot's industrial zone.

Militants belonging to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement and to another faction, the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), claimed responsibility for firing the rockets.

The rockets struck in and around two factories in the industrial zone on the outskirts of Sderot, with one penetrating an asbestos roof and the other a container with diesel which did not explode, Israel Radio reported.

Several people were treated for shock and vehicles near the scene sustained damage from the strike.

In a statement faxed to the media, the PRC and Fatah armed wing said the rocket-fire was in response to the killing of Amer Qarmout, a senior PRC commander, in an Israel Air Force strike on Monday.

Also on Tuesday, Palestinians opened fire on farmers working in the fields of Kibbutz Nir Oz, near the Gaza Strip. There were no injuries, but some farm equipment was damaged.

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      7.   Linthwaite you should go among the immigrants 19:23  |  Iz Ray Leigh 05/02/08
      8.   Paul Wood, It`s Become Second Nature 19:24  |  Yaakov Sullivan 05/02/08
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