Rocket, six mortars hit southern Israel

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A Qassam rocket and six mortar rounds hit southern Israel on Wednesday morning, the Israeli military said, with the rocket landing near the southern Israeli port city of Ashkelon.

A military spokeswoman said the Qassam had slammed into an open area just south of the city at around 1:30 am (2330 GMT), after which six mortar bombs landed in open areas near Gaza's northeastern border with Israel.

"None of them caused any injury or damage," she said, indicating that 12 projectiles have been fired into southern Israel since Sunday morning. So far, no one has been hurt.

Israel police also confirmed that a rocket had landed near Ashkelon. "It exploded in a field without causing any injuries or damage," police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld told AFP.

The flurry of rocket and mortar fire came as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prepared to meet the Israeli and Palestinian leaders in Jerusalem to advance peace talks.

It follows months of relative calm since Israel's devastating offensive against Gaza at the turn of 2008-9, which it said was aimed at stamping out rocket fire from the territory.

The conflict cost the lives of 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.386c81623028728756ef28bb62755b87.4a1&show_article=1

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A Qassam rocket and six mortar rounds hit southern Israel on Wednesday morning, the Israeli military said, with the rocket landing near the southern Israeli port city of Ashkelon.

A military spokeswoman said the Qassam had slammed into an open area just south of the city at around 1:30 am (2330 GMT), after which six mortar bombs landed in open areas near Gaza's northeastern border with Israel.

"None of them caused any injury or damage," she said, indicating that 12 projectiles have been fired into southern Israel since Sunday morning. So far, no one has been hurt.

Israel police also confirmed that a rocket had landed near Ashkelon. "It exploded in a field without causing any injuries or damage," police spokesman Mickey Rosenfeld told AFP.

The flurry of rocket and mortar fire came as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prepared to meet the Israeli and Palestinian leaders in Jerusalem to advance peace talks.

It follows months of relative calm since Israel's devastating offensive against Gaza at the turn of 2008-9, which it said was aimed at stamping out rocket fire from the territory.

The conflict cost the lives of 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.386c81623028728756ef28bb62755b87.4a1&show_article=1

So, while the Israelis and Palestinians, in the form of Mahmoud Abbas and Fatah, are sitting down and talking, Hamas and their allies are once again trying to disrupt peaceful negotiations with their renewed terrorist actions. Typical Hamas.

Let's hope the Israelis find the good sense to limit, or stay completely, a military response and so take away what little credibility Hamas might still enjoy. Let Hamas be seen to be what they are, a terrorist organisation bent on the indiscriminate spilling of innocent blood, both Israeli and Palestinian.

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Not fired by Muslims.