Gaza Rocket Devastates Negev Home, Lightly Wounds Man

by Yanir Yagna
Haaretz
May 19, 2009

http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/947/gaza-rocket-devastates-negev-home-lightly-wounds

A Qassam rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip exploded in the yard of a western Negev home on Tuesday, causing extensive damage to the building and lightly wounding one person.

The rocket was the first to hit more than a week of relative calm. The casualty was taken to hospital with light shrapnel wounds and a number of other people were treated for shock.

Two days before the previous rocket, a Hamas official told reporters that the group was considering declaring a long-term ceasefire with Israel. Another Hamas official later denied the report, though said talks on a cease-fire could resume soon.

That report came amid a series of mortar shell and rocket strikes on Israel, despite Hamas' declaration that its militants had ceased to take part in cross-border attacks.

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