Posted on 12/26/2006 1:08:09 PM PST by West Coast Conservative
The Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the Kassam attack on Sderot that wounded two 14-year-old boys on Tuesday evening. The rocket was the seventh to have been fired at Sderot since Tuesday morning.
One boy was reported in critical condition, while the second was listed in moderate to serious condition, both with shrapnel wounds. A number of other people were reported in shock.
Earlier in the afternoon, Palestinians fired a Kassam from the northern Gaza Strip that landed in an open area of the Sha'ar Hanegev region. No one was wounded, and no damage was caused. The Islamic Jihad took responsibility for the attack.
Early Tuesday morning, four Kassam rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards Sderot.
Three rockets fell in open territory outside the city, causing neither casualties nor damage, while one landed near the Sderot home of a former resident of the Gaza settlement Elei Sinai.
The explosion damaged cars and buildings, but no one was wounded.
On Tuesday afternoon, a fifth Kassam rocket fired from Gaza landed in an industrial zone south of Ashkelon. No one was wounded and no damage was reported.
A total of 62 rockets have been fired at Israel since the Israeli-Palestinian cease-fire was declared in November.
Meanwhile, a group of Israeli ambassadors and consuls to European nations were due to tour Sderot on Tuesday and view firsthand the damage caused by the continual rocket fire.
And Olmert fiddles on, the Erev Rav putz.
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