Qassam lands near Ashkelon; 3 lightly injured
Rocket hits home in community south of Ashkelon. Baby injured by shrapnel,
mother, grandmother suffer shock
Shmulik Hadad YNET Published: 07.23.07, 17:14 / Israel News
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A Qassam rocket launched from the northern Gaza Strip landed in a community
south of Ashkelon on Monday afternoon.

The rocket hit a house in the community, destroying one of its rooms. A
woman, her daughter, and her baby granddaughter were inside the house when
the Qassam hit; the baby was lightly injured from shrapnel while her mother
and grandmother suffered from shock.

The three were taken to Ashkelon's Barzilai medical center for treatment.

Several Qassam rockets were launched from the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday,
all of which landed in the western Negev. One woman was lightly injured as a
result of the attacks.

The al-Quds Brigades, the Islamic Jihad's military wing, claimed
responsibility for the attacks. An Islamic Jihad spokesman said the rocket
was fired as part of the ongoing response to "Israel's crimes in the West
Bank and the Gaza Strip".

On Sunday, IDF helicopters fired at launching cells in response to the
rocket attacks. According to official Palestinian sources, two Islamic Jihad
gunmen were killed and four injured.