ISRAEL: Two rockets explode in the southern town of Sderot as U.S. President Barack Obama begins the second day of his Middle East tour

Record ID: 397709

  • Title: ISRAEL: Two rockets explode in the southern town of Sderot as U.S. President Barack Obama begins the second day of his Middle East tour
  • Date: 21st March 2013
  • Summary: SDEROT, ISRAEL (MARCH 21, 2013) (REUTERS) PEOPLE LOOKING OVER THE WALL OF A HOUSE TO SEE WHERE ROCKET STRUCK VIEW OF DAMAGED CAUSED BY ROCKET AS SECURITY OFFICERS LOOK AT SCENE (SOUNDBITE) (Hebrew) PARTUSH PORON, RESIDENT OF SDEROT, SAYING: "We woke with the strange whistle of the rocket. We thought the alarm was a mistake. We didn't realise that something like this would
  • Embargoed: 5th April 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Israel
  • Country: Israel
  • Topics: Crime,Conflict,International Relations,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVAD2O7ZPN7GDT115EDIDK232K1N
  • Story Text: Two rockets exploded in a southern Israeli town near the Gaza border on Thursday (March 21), a day after U.S. President Barack Obama arrived on a three-day tour.
    One resident living close to where one of the rockets landed said he thought the sound of a warning siren was a mistake.
    "We woke with the strange whistle of the rocket. We thought the alarm was a mistake. We didn't realise that something like this would happen, it was very strange. Then we heard a second whistle and then we realised it was a Kassam or something like that, something we are used to," said Partush Poron.
    One of the rockets damaged the yard of an Israeli home but there were no immediate reports of injuries.
    There were also no immediate claims of responsibility from Gaza.
    Obama's second day in the Middle East will include a visit to Ramallah in the West Bank for meetings with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as he seeks to encourage both the Israelis and Palestinians to restart peace negotiations which have been stalled since 2010.
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