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Sderot residents inspecting a local building damaged in a Qassam rocket attack on Monday. (Alex Zeger / JINI)
Last update - 21:59 28/04/2008
Gaza militants pound Negev with Qassams and mortar shells
By Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Qassams, Gaza, Negev 

Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Monday launched at least nine Qassam rockets and nine mortar shells at the Western Negev, just after an Israel Defense Forces strike on a house in the northern Strip town of Beit Hanoun killed at least six Palestinians.

Hamas's armed wing, the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam brigades, said it fired three rockets at the Negev town of Sderot in response to the Beit Hanoun killings.

Islamic Jihad and two other Palestinian factions said they launched several rockets before and after the home in Beit Hanoun was hit.
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One of the rockets exploded near a housing complex in Sderot. There were no injuries in the incident, but the building was damaged.

Another rocket exploded in an open field near Kibbutz Gavim, sparking a fire.

Of the nine mortar shells launched on Monday, the exploding sites of eight were located.

Five struck near Kibbutz Kerem Shalom and two exploded in the kibbutz itself. An eight rockets hit Kibbitz Nativ Ha'asarah. There were no injuries or damages reported in any other incidents.

Magen David Adom rescue services, meanwhile, have gone on highest alert in communities surrounding the Gaza Strip.

On Sunday, militants fired three Qassam rockets at southern Israel. Two of those rockets exploded in Sderot and a third hit Kibbutz Zikim, south of Ashkelon.

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      2.   So those Palestinians were killed by "accident", were they? 14:04  |  Johnboy 28/04/08
      3.   2 million German civilians died in WW2 14:53  |  Joe 28/04/08
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      7.   Lintwit`s Goals: Blame Israel 16:28  |  Tex 28/04/08
      8.   Israel and American Jews a burden on America 17:14  |  Alex 28/04/08
      9.   Halt the missile attacks on Sderot. 17:21  |  Jean Van Daem 28/04/08
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      11.   #2 No, Looboy, they weren`t killed by accident 17:31  |  Yonatan 28/04/08
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      15.   johnboy,your right those pals didn`t by "accident" 18:14  |  terrornator 28/04/08
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      19.   terrornator # 15 19:10  |  JordanisPalestine 28/04/08
      20.   Alex # 8 19:21  |  JordanisPalestine 28/04/08
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