- Title: ISRAEL: Israeli woman wounded in a rocket attack from Gaza
- Date: 7th March 2008
- Summary: (BN13) SDEROT, ISRAEL (MARCH 6, 2008) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) DAMAGED HOUSE THAT WAS DIRECTLY HIT BY A ROCKET LAUNCHED FROM THE GAZA STRIP FIRE COMING OUT OF A WINDOW, EMERGENCY PERSONAL AND FIRE FIGHTER CLIMBING STAIRS PEOPLE RUNNING AWAY IN FEAR OF ANOTHER ROCKET ATTACK YOUNG WOMAN SCREAMING 'PUT THE FIRE OUT! IT IS OUR HOUSE!' FIREMAN AND CITIZENS UNROLLING FIRE HOSE, E
- Embargoed: 22nd March 2008 12:00
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- Location: Israel
- Country: Israel
- Reuters ID: LVA2UAUT5Q6PT78T8H90JRG88R8A
- Story Text: Violence continued to flare along the Israel-Gaza frontier on Thursday (March 6).
In the latest missile attack, one Israeli woman was moderately wounded when a rocket launched from the The Gaza Strip directly hit the second floor of a house, police said.
The rocket attack sparked a fire in the building, and fire fighters were seen battling the blaze as people were evacuated from the scene suffering from shock.
Several other rockets were fired towards Southern Israel on Thursday.
Earlier in the day a bomb planted by Palestinian militants killed an Israeli soldier at the Kissufim border crossing.
The Islamic Jihad militant group initially claimed responsibility, but the Popular Resistance Committees later said it had carried out the attack and issued a video of a jeep being destroyed by an explosion.
An Israeli air raid on what the military described as a rocket-launching site in the Gaza Strip killed an Islamic Jihad militant.
Militant groups say the rocket salvoes are a response to Israeli raids in the Gaza Strip and in the West Bank. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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