Al-Aqsa Brigades Launch Projectile at Western Negev

Ma'an News
March 10, 2009

http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/840/al-aqsa-brigades-launch-projectile-at-western

Fatah's Jihad's Al-Aqsa Brigades launched a projectile early at the Western Negev Tuesday morning in retaliation for aggressive and violent Israeli tactics against Palestinians.

Israeli sources said two projectiles hit the Ashkelon and Western Negev regions in the early morning. No injuries were reported.

In a statement the Al-Aqsa Brigades said the projectile launch was an act of retaliation against the ongoing air and naval strikes against Gaza, as well as the planned home demolitions in Silwan that will see 88 East Jerusalem homes destroyed and over 1,000 homeless.

During the week of 1-7 March, 33 rockets and 7 mortars were fired by Palestinian groups into Israel. No Israeli casualties were reported. At the same time 22 Israeli airstrikes and 5 shells caused 5 Palestinian deaths and 11 injuries. In addition, three incidents of Israeli naval vessels firing on fishermen were recorded.

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