(KUNA) -- Palestinian Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, claimed on Wednesday responsibility for firing one rocket type (Quds-3) toward Ashkelon settlement in southern Israel. Al-Quds Brigades will continue responding to Israeli violations and aggression in the West Bank and "its assassination policy toward Palestinian political figures," the group said in a statement.Earlier, the Israeli government ordered its military to resume its "assassination policy of targeting Palestinian cells." An Israeli military spokesman confirmed the rocket attack from northern Gaza this evening, Israeli radio said.