Qassam rocket (archives)
Photo: Rafi Babian
Heavy rocket barrage follows targeted killing
At least 10 Qassams launched Tuesday at Israel. One rocket hits apartment building in southern town of Sderot; several people suffer from shock. Earlier, IDF assassinates senior Popular Resistance Committees member
Five Qassam rockets were fired at the southern town of Sderot on Tuesday evening. One of them hit an apartment building in the city, and several people suffered from shock.
In total, more than 10 rockets were launched at Israel
from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Most of them landed in open areas. One of the rockets hit an area near a strategic facility in Ashkelon's southern industrial zone, another landed near southern kibbutzim, and the others landed near communities in the Sdot Negev regional council, not far from the town of Netivot.
Two additional rockets landed in open areas. The Salah al-Din Brigades, the Popular Resistance Committees' military wing, claimed responsibility for firing the rockets.
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Tuesday evening's barrage followed the targeted killing of the deputy commander of the Salah al-Din Brigades by the IDF. The assassination took place in the central Gaza Strip. According to the IDF, the strike targeted a vehicle carrying a senior wanted Palestinian responsible for firing rockets at Israel.
PRC spokesman Abu Abir told Ynet that the assassination of Mabarek Hasanat, the military wing's deputy commander, will not stop the resistance.
"Hasanat's fate is similar to that of the rest of the shahids (martyrs), our people. We shall continue the resistance against Israel everywhere, including through terror attacks and activities planned by Hasanat himself," Abu Abir said.
The "Sderot task force", headed by Sderot resident Alon Davidi, said in response to the rocket fire, "We support the government's military activity in Gaza and call on it to go ahead with its moral battle against the missile terror from the Gaza Strip.
Ali Waked contributed to this report
