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Dec 31, 2008 11:51
“For the first time, rocket strikes Gedera; no wounded reported”
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129139
Published: 12/31/08, 11:20 AM
“Hamas Takes Aim at Ashkelon as Peres Visits”
by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(IsraelNN.com) Hamas targeted Ashkelon with at least three Katyusha rockets mid-morning Wednesday after it took aim on Be’er Sheva, where an empty school was hit. At least two people were hospitalized for light to moderate shrapnel wounds, and several others suffered shock.
President Shimon Peres was visiting a bomb shelter where 30 children are staying at the same time rockets exploded nearby. He also visited rocket victims being treated at Barzilai Hospital. His appearance had been embargoed for security reasons.
The renewed bombardment in Ashkelon accompanied other attacks on Ofakim and Sderot, located southeast of the port city, and areas near Ashdod and Kiryat Gat. One rocket also hit the high-speed Kvish 6 (Highway 6) north-south highway as Hamas tries to widen the areas under attack.
The Israeli Air Force and the Navy resumed fire on terrorist targets shortly after the attack on Ashkelon.”