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Woman killed as rocket directly hits Negev home
By Avi Issacharoff, Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondents
Tags: Ashkelon, Israel, Qassams 

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No one else was hurt, the rescue service said.

The attack came as the Egyptian chief of intelligence wrapped up talks with Israel about a truce with Hamas to end rocket attacks and Israeli reprisals.

Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the deadly rocket, apparently a Grad, after two similar rockets exploded in the southern city of Ashkelon in the morning. Islamic Jihad has fired most of the Grad rockets, while other Gaza militant groups aim crude homemade rockets at Israeli villages.

Israel has charged that Islamic Jihad receives its rockets from Iran.

Government spokesman Mark Regev denounced the attack but did not say it would halt the truce talks. "The rocket fire into Israel will end, it will end either because calm will be achieved, or Israel will act to protect its people," he said.

President Shimon Peres commented on the tragic incident Monday evening, saying "the war continues ? we are not free of worries, but we must remain hopeful and never succumb to the ongoing terror from the Strip."

Earlier Monday, two rockets hit Ashkelon. One of the rockets struck an area crowded with many schools and kindergartens at 7 A.M., only minutes before children normally flood the area.

The second rocket struck the Ashkelon National Park.

One woman was treated for shock and some homes sustained damage.

On Sunday, Gaza militants fired three rockets at the western Negev, one of which exploded next to a schoolbus carrying children.

Two of the rockets, fired Sunday afternoon, hit populated areas in Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council.

There were no injuries in either of the strikes. The first rocket landed near Sapir College, damaging a local construction site.

The second Qassam exploded near a local gas station, causing damage to the school bus. There were no casualties reported, but several people were treated for shock.

On Saturday, an Israeli civilian was killed when a mortar shell exploded as he tended his garden in the community of Kfar Aza. Jimmy Kdoshim, 48, was laid to rest in the cemetery near his home.

At least 21 rockets hit the western Negev over the weekend.

Israel resumes fuel supply to Gaza

A senior Gaza energy official said Monday that Israel had resumed its supply of fuel for a Gaza power plant idled two days ago.

The official, Kaanan Obeid, said he expected the power plant to start operating again later Monday.

Obeid said the plant was shut down Saturday because it ran out of fuel, normally supplied by Israel. It was not clear whether the plant actually ran out of fuel or whether Gaza energy officials were trying to exaggerate the impression of crisis.

Israel has severely limited shipments to pressure Palestinian militants to halt their rocket barrages.

The idled power plant supplies electricity to about 400,000 people. However, most of Gaza's electricity is piped directly from Israel, so residents still received electricity for about six hours a day despite the plant shutdown.

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      1.   It was a Katyusha (Grad) not a Kasaam 09:01  |  Zev 12/05/08
      2.   Agitprop 09:36  |  Clickfool 12/05/08
      3.   to # 2 very sick 11:31  |  Gromek 12/05/08
      4.   Response to #2 11:49  |  Mike 12/05/08
      5.   #2 - and clickfool knows cos he was there 12:04  |  Adrian de Klerk 12/05/08
      6.   Only a warning shot 12:43  |  Natallie Durson 12/05/08
      7.   Invitation to Clickfool the lying coward 13:27  |  Joe Sittizen 12/05/08
      8.   nobody in his right mind would tolerate it 14:06  |  Truth One 12/05/08
      9.   OUR "BELOVED" GOVERMENT 14:58  |  Robert 12/05/08
      10.   Natallie Durson - BULLSHIT... They want to kill Jewish children. 15:43  |  awesome 12/05/08
      11.   Robert, you have it backwards 15:52  |  Natallie Durson 12/05/08
      12.   Awesome - An interesting theory 16:16  |  Natallie Durson 12/05/08
      13.   Clickfool: Tell Me Something New 16:25  |  Tex 12/05/08
      14.   this murderous government has abandoned our children 16:58  |  chaim 12/05/08
      15.   Yes Another Mental Error Natallie 17:22  |  Brad 12/05/08
      16.   Do not blame Israel when another 53 civilians will die in Gaza 17:28  |  Genuine Tosefta 12/05/08
      17.   Can one sane person explain to me why 17:53  |  Mark 12/05/08
      18.   Natallie Durson volunteers to stand beside "warning shot" 18:14  |  Joe Sittizen 12/05/08
      19.   Not warning shots, but crimes against humanity 18:24  |  Joe Sittizen 12/05/08
      20.   #16, GT and Natallie Duwrong! 18:35  |  DR 12/05/08
      21.   #2 NUTTILY a warning shot WUZZIT? 19:21  |  Ari ben Yisrael 12/05/08
      22.   Qassams 19:23  |  Ralph 12/05/08
      23.   Ceasefire delay=dead civilians on both sides 19:28  |  Aphemia 12/05/08
      24.   ENOUGH!!! 19:28  |  Brant 12/05/08
      25.   Israel didn`t want a truce, so State of Israel... 19:29  |  Dutch Dirk 12/05/08
      26.   War against Hamas. 19:30  |  Jean Van Daem 12/05/08
      27.   Question for Durson. What if.... 19:32  |  leo 12/05/08
      28.   Yes this is legitimate resistance 19:34  |  Bigfacedog 12/05/08
      29.   #4, Mike in Israel... 19:36  |  Silvienne 12/05/08
      30.   Probably accidental 19:36  |  Todd Stevens 12/05/08
      31.   HAMAS, STOP IT !!! (And Israel, finally accept a cease fire)..... 19:37  |  Swiss (Dino) 12/05/08
      32.   Clickfool`s ton of replies from the zionists... 19:38  |  Silvienne 12/05/08
      33.   Stop Rockets rains and shoot them down 19:39  |  Daniel 12/05/08
      34.   Picking off Jews one-by-one made easy by Olmert 19:42  |  david 12/05/08
      35.   Dutch Dick 19:42  |  Linichka 12/05/08
      36.   mea culpa 19:44  |  clickfool 12/05/08
      37.   DUTCH DIRK 19:45  |  SREBRENICA 12/05/08
      38.   Sitting Ducks 19:49  |  Nippon 12/05/08
      39.   Clickfool`s agitprop reveals his own newspeak 19:50  |  Joe Sittizen 12/05/08
      40.   No doubt... 19:53  |  Gimpel the Fool 12/05/08
      41.   Even Bibi is PM nothing will be changed on kassam 19:54  |  Jaffar 12/05/08
      42.   I`d like to send you JUST a message Natalie 19:54  |  Avi 12/05/08
      43.   Quisling Barak will find another excuse to do nothing 19:56  |  Absolute Sweden 12/05/08
      44.   Please WIPE OUT THESE PESTS now WT* 19:58  |  Johnny 12/05/08
      45.   The silence of the world is deafening! 20:00  |  Yuri 12/05/08
      46.   @Clickfool 20:03  |  Ralph 12/05/08
      47.   Hamas can do this indefinitely till Israel is destroyed 20:06  |  arun 12/05/08
      48.   hope to g-d,the next rocket hits traitor olmert between the eyes 20:07  |  chaim 12/05/08
      49.   Rejection of cease-fire 20:15  |  Lev 12/05/08
      50.   Israeli leadership are a bunch of fools - get HAMAS LEADERSHIT! 20:17  |  Ravi 12/05/08
      51.   "Woman killed by Qassam - Israel resumes fuel supply to Gaza..." 20:17  |  bat yam 12/05/08
      52.   Natalie- Just what are you smoking.../ 20:23  |  Elihu 12/05/08
      53.   direct hit 20:27  |  rm 12/05/08
      54.   raze gaza now 20:27  |  frenz 12/05/08
      55.   Guerrilla War Victory 20:32  |  Yona 12/05/08
      56.   Kid gloves off 20:34  |  Strategist 12/05/08
      57.   Deterrence-Destroy houses with warning 20:35  |  Yehuda 12/05/08
      58.   Todd Stevens 20:35  |  x-ray 12/05/08
      59.   "Flooded", what a STUPID "metaphor" 20:35  |  Assulin 12/05/08
      60.   Durson and her "warning shot" 20:37  |  Murray the Mongoose 12/05/08
      61.   How many more Jews must die? 20:41  |  Mike 12/05/08
      62.   How many more Jews must die? 20:41  |  Mike 12/05/08
      63.   Practical way to stop Gaza rockets w/o firing a shot... 20:43  |  Dr. L. Brnd 12/05/08
      64.   Practical way to stop Gaza rockets w/o firing a shot... 20:43  |  Dr. L. Brnd 12/05/08
      65.   I believe the ratio is 40 Palestinians killed for one israeli,so 20:47  |  lakshmi 12/05/08
      66.   force those in gaza to stand up to hamas 20:48  |  vik 12/05/08
      67.   Shame to all of us, not only to PM. 20:57  |  Vital 12/05/08
      68.   Time to return fire! 20:58  |  Jordan 12/05/08
      69.   Ralph, its no jokes... enough being fooled. 20:58  |  clickfool 12/05/08
      70.   #58 X-Ray 21:09  |  Todd Stevens 12/05/08
      71.   Blame Israel for her death not the Palestinians 21:13  |  Dutch