Rocket hits Sderot as children return to school
Published August 27, 2012
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Kassam rocket fired from Gaza struck Sderot as children returned to school after summer break.
The rocket fired Monday morning landed in an open area and did not cause any damage or injury.
The attack on the first day of the new school year came a day after three rockets were fired at southern Israel, hitting two factories, one in Sderot and one in the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council. Both were damaged.
The fundamentalist Salafi organization Jamiat ul-Mujahedin Bayt al-Maqdis late on Sunday claimed responsibility for the three rockets launched fired on Sunday. The organization is affiliated with al-Qaeda and is believed to be operating in the Gaza Strip.
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