GAZA (PIC)– In retaliation to the ongoing Israeli aggression and siege against the Palestinian people Qassam homemade rockets inflicted Friday evening big damage to a house in the Israeli Sderot settlement located in the western Negev.
In a communiqué received by the PIC the Qassam Brigades the armed wing of Hamas stated that its fighters fired on Friday evening five rockets on Sderot; thus the number of rockets that targeted the settlement since Tuesday rose to 36 rockets.
In another communiqué issued earlier on the same day the Brigades claimed responsibility for firing two rockets on IOF troops in the Soufa military post located to the east of Rafah southern Gaza Strip.
According to the Brigades’ website the Qassam fighters had started Friday to intensify attacks since the early morning hours where they managed to fire 22 rockets and seven mortar shells on different Israeli settlements and military posts including the Israeli Netiv Ha`asara settlement in the western Negev area and an Israeli power plant south of Ashkelon city.
For its part the IOF command said Friday that four settlers were hurt in rocket attacks carried out by the Qassam Brigades on settlements and military posts.
