Palestinian rocket fire struck Israel Friday, heavily damaging the Ashkelon cemetery, local Israeli officials said. Al-Quds Brigades, the Islamic Jihad's military wing, claimed responsibility for the rocket attack and for a shooting in an industrial zone in the Sharon region in which two Israeli guards were killed.
Four rockets were fired at Ashkelon, one striking the city's southern cemetery, damaging dozens of graves. The barrage came before employees reported to work, Ynetnews said.
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Ashkelon Mayor Roni Mahatzri called on the Israeli government to resign over the attack. "While the prime minister and the ministers are celebrating, vacationing and having fun, the south's residents are worried," he told Ynetnews, "and some of them even entered the bomb shelters this morning." |