Middle East: Hamas rocket fires in the Israeli city of Ashdod

A rocket fired by fighters from the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamist group Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, struck today. Israeli The city of Ashdod, causing a large fire, the Israeli Army announced.

The first morning hours Hamas military says it has fired rockets at Israeli cities Ber Sheva and Ashdod in retaliation for the Israeli Air Force’s deadly blow to the As Sati refugee camp in Gaza City.

“Rocket launchers are fired incessantly from the Gaza Strip against southern Israel. Tonight a rocket hit the city of Ashdod – see for yourself the damage. “This will not go unanswered,” the Israeli military said in a statement posted on its Twitter account, uploading a video of the fire.

According to a report in the online edition of The Jerusalem Post and as broadcast by APE-MPE, the fire broke out in a factory in the port area. There is no information on injuries at this stage.

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