By Stan Goodenough
Jan 03, 2008
'"Palestinians" in the terrorist-controlled Gaza Strip fired a rocket Thursday that flew further than any of the thousands of missiles fired from Gaza in recent years.
While over 2,000 Kassam rockets have been launched from Gaza into the Israeli town of Sderot since the beginning of 2007, the one that slammed into the ground north of Ashkelon Thursday was thought to be a Katyusha or Grad missile, which has a greater range than the Kassam.
No-one was injured in the strike, and no damage was caused.
On Wednesday, a spokesman for the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed it had fired a rocket at a Jewish community called Shaked in northern Samaria (which Israel's enemies call the West Bank).
He said the Arabs in those areas would continue to manufacture rockets in response to Israel's "crimes."
The Brigades belongs to the Fatah faction of the Palestine Liberation Organization, which is run by PA chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
IDF sources said no reports had come in of a missile hitting in or near Shaked.