Grad rockets fired from Gaza strike Beersheba

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Two long-range Grad rockets struck Beersheba and two Kassam rockets landed in an open area in southern Israel, threatening a three-day truce. Israel’s Air Force also targeted and hit a rocket launching site and a squad preparing to fire a rocket toward southern Israel, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement.

Schools were closed throughout Beersheba on Sunday following the early morning Grad attack. The rockets fell in an open area and caused no damage, according to reports. The Kassam rockets were fired late Saturday night and caused no damage.

In response, the IDF targeted the rocket launching site, killing one Hamas terrorist belonging to the organization’s military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, according to the Palestinian Ma’an news agency. The rocket fire comes three days after Egypt brokered an unofficial ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians.

More than 70 rockets and mortars were fired last week from Gaza at southern Israeli communities. This year, more than 610 rockets fired from the Gaza Strip have hit Israel — more than 150 during in October alone — according to the IDF.

Also Sunday, Israel’s Cabinet unanimously approved full protection from rocket fire for all communities located up to 7 kilometers, or 4.3 miles, from the Gaza border, at a cost of about $70 million. Communities up to 5 kilometers, or 3 miles, previously were protected.

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Date and publication rest on the collector's slide label; no masthead, folio or printed dateline appears on this clipping. Adjudicated confirmed against the printed page: No masthead, folio or page number; the only standing type is the blue department head "WORLD NEWS BRIEFS". The year is fixed beyond argument by the text: "This year, more than 610 rockets fired from t. Filed under the archive’s spelling; the page prints “St Louis Jewish Light”. Legibility partial; any passage that could not be read is omitted rather than reconstructed.

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The one Palestinian killed is ‘one Hamas terrorist’ — unnamed, uncounted against the Israeli property damage, which is itemised (no damage, no damage, $70 million in protection). Sourced in part to the Palestinian Ma’an news agency, which is unusual for this paper’s briefs.

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"Grad rockets fired from Gaza strike Beersheba," St. Louis Jewish Light, 31 October 2012. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2012-022. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2012-022