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The site of the Palestinian shooting attack that wounded Public Security Minister Avi Dichter's bureau chief on Friday. (Rafael Ben Ari / Jini)
Last update - 23:28 05/04/2008
Qassam rocket fired from Gaza Strip lands near Ashkelon
By Amos Harel, Haaretz Service and News Agencies
Tags: Gaza Strip, Palestinians 

A Qassam rocket was fired at Ashkelon on Saturday from the Gaza Strip, and landed in an open field south of the city's industrial zone. No injuries or damage was reported in the incident.

Ashkelon went into a state of alert as sirens sounded for the first time since the last escalation between Israel and Hamas.

A spokesperson for the Ashkelon municipality said the sirens should not have been activated, since the rocket landed in an area that did not pose a threat.
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Earlier on Saturday, Palestinian medical officials said a Gaza man has been killed close to the territory's fence with Israel.

Local residents said the farmer was killed in the northern Gaza Strip after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants toward Israel fell short and hit him.

Israel Defense Forces officials said Palestinian militants fired at troops along the fence in the area but that the soldiers did not return fire.

Spokespeople for militant groups did not immediately comment on the death on Saturday.

Hamas: Gaza sniper aimed for Public Security Minister Dichter
On Friday, Hamas spokesman Abu Obeida announced that sniper fire from Hamas' military wing, which wounded Public Security Minister Avi Dichter's bureau chief near Gaza, was in fact aimed at the minister himself.

Dichter's senior aide Mati Gil sustained moderate wounds in the attack, but the minister himself was not hurt. The military wing of Gaza's ruling Hamas movement claimed responsibility for the shooting shortly after the attack.

Several additional militant groups also claimed responsibility, including the militant offshoot of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah Party, and two little-known radical Islamic groups inspired by Al-Qaida, the Army of the Nation and Protectors of the Homeland.

The gunfire erupted while Gil and Dichter were touring the Givat Nazmit observation point overlooking the Gaza Strip and adjacent to the security fence.

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      1.   Let us all remember this about the war criminal Dichter 12:08  |  Clickfool 04/04/08
      2.   Dichter 12:28  |  Allan Leibler 04/04/08
      3.   Clickfool 12:31  |  Nathan 04/04/08
      4.   CAN "HAARETZ" PLS. EXPLAIN 12:32  |  Robert 04/04/08
      5.   Clicky,because of your criminal bretheren there`s chaos at Heathr 12:52  |  Absolute Sweden 04/04/08
      6.   shooting at farmers 13:06  |  saul a. readner 04/04/08
      7.   #1 Click you Lime Fool, You speak from both sides of your mouth 13:10  |  Max Zinger,P.Chimist 04/04/08
      8.   For Nathan # 3 13:46  |  Clickfool 04/04/08
      9.   Absolute Sweden tries the usual Zionist ploy of misdirection #5 13:50  |  Clickfool 04/04/08
      10.   For Max Zinger # 7 13:56  |  Clickfool 04/04/08
      11.   STAY AWAY FROM THE BORDER 14:13  |  indraya 04/04/08
      12.   For those obsessed with labels 14:21  |  Natallie Durson 04/04/08
      13.   To Allan Leibler 14:28  |  Proof 04/04/08
      14.   To saul a. readner 14:31  |  Joker 04/04/08
      15.   # 6 Saul - Shooting at farmers is an IDF trick as well 14:41  |  Natallie Durson 04/04/08
      16.   Yeh, right, they were shooting at Canadian Tourists! 15:08  |  Yaakov Sullivan 04/04/08
      17.   #6, SAUL.A.READNER, i can make you swallow your words 15:16  |  VIPER 04/04/08
      18.   The long arm of Justice will get Dichter 15:51  |  Chanalau, Tova 04/04/08
      19.   The Militants have to be lucky once 15:54  |  Chris Linthwaite 04/04/08
      20.   he is just a coward hiding behind candian 16:04  |  reza SHAH 04/04/08
      21.   Build a 20 foot wall to protect Ein hashlosha 16:07  |  Don 04/04/08
      22.   All quite legitimate now? 16:14  |  Murray 04/04/08
      23.   Security Checkpoints 16:30  |  The Archives 04/04/08
      24.   Yacoub S - wouldn`t be the first they shot at tourists 16:37  |  Joe Frazier 04/04/08
      25.   more walls 16:41  |  tim 04/04/08
      26.   #1 Clickfool, Al Qaeda deputy: We don`t kill civilians 16:49  |  The Archives 04/04/08
      27.   If the Arabs ever manage 17:00  |  Gee 04/04/08
      28.   Clickfool #10 response to # 7. 17:08  |  David Nigel Braham 04/04/08
      29.   To Clickfool 17:15  |  some1 04/04/08
      30.   joker 17:38  |  saul a. readner 04/04/08
      31.   natallie durson 17:39  |  saul a. readner 04/04/08
      32.   viper 17:41  |  saul a. readner 04/04/08
      33.   idiot Hamas 17:49  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 04/04/08
      34.   For David Nigel Braham # 27 17:52  |  Clickfool 04/04/08
      35.   For Some1 # 28 17:57  |  Clickfool 04/04/08
      36.   joker - 2. try 18:07  |  saul a. readner 04/04/08
      37.   natallie durson - 2. try 18:08  |  saul a. readner 04/04/08
      38.   Dicthter targeted by Hamas 18:15  |  Dementia Praecox 04/04/08
      39.   to Clickfool 18:20  |  alex 04/04/08
      40.   So much for the unofficial ceasefire 18:36  |  Aphemia 04/04/08
      41.   Absolute victory. 18:46  |  Jean Van Daem 04/04/08
      42.   Guess who is this addressed to? 18:50  |  Man deVoshkes 04/04/08
      43.   Isnt this an israeli policy? 18:57  |  Donald 04/04/08
      44.   #14 Joker 19:10  |  Franco 04/04/08
      45.   this criminally insane goverment gave them the guns 19:16  |  chaim 04/04/08
      46.   Courageous minister endangers visitors. 19:47  |  H.H.M 04/04/08
      47.   # 1 Clicky.....Hamas big mistake 20:03  |  Lynn 04/04/08
      48.   #44 Franco, update needed regarding the hothouses 20:29  |  Ben Alofs 04/04/08
      49.   to Robert 20:29  |  Bahar 04/04/08
      50.   What probably happened 20:43  |  Tosefta 04/04/08
      51.   #37 Saul Readner. You were asking for sources. 21:09  |  Ben Alofs 04/04/08
      52.   To #1 21:20  |  Ari 04/04/08
      53.   More target practice needed so this war criminal 21:34  |  Labhras 04/04/08
      54.   Hamas is entitled to shoot at Israelis which... 22:01  |  Dutch Dirk 04/04/08
      55.   Now Moshe Ronen has learnt how the life under rocket fire is 22:09  |  Javad 04/04/08
      56.   Clickfool 22:27  |  Ronnie 04/04/08
      57.   To Clickfool 22:32  |  Oleg 04/04/08
      58.   I gunman belonging to 10 proud organisations - funny 22:33  |  17 04/04/08
      59.   Clickfool 22:34  |  Alan 04/04/08
      60.   Clickfool 22:36  |  Wally 04/04/08
      61.   Sullivan #16 22:38  |  BB 04/04/08
      62.   What probably happened 23:58  |  Tosefta 04/04/08
      63.   miss durson has been busy today,how pathetic 00:21  |  hal tripp 05/04/08
      64.   CLEANSE GAZA AND ISRAEL OF ALL TERRORIST`S AND THEIR WEAPONS ?? 00:26  |  Bill 05/04/08
      65.   Close but not cigar....... 00:33  |  Pepe 05/04/08
      66.   Where are all my "Targeted Killing" haters at? 01:29  |  JP 05/04/08
      67.   Gaza Sniper 02:04  |  Lynn 05/04/08
      68.   Some sniper 02:15  |  MR 05/04/08
      69.   Amir: "Tit for tat"? OK, Aim now at Haniyeh 02:24  |  I 05/04/08
      70.   Does Hamas have better Intel than Israel 02:45  |  Jonathan 05/04/08
      71.   Sauce - the Goose, and the Gander 02:55  |  Mark Lincoln 05/04/08
      72.   Hamas: Gaza 03:02