Al-Qassam claims shooting Israeli F-16

GAZA, July 25 (KUNA) -- Ezz-Eddin Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas Movement, claimed that its fighters fired a missile at an Israeli F-16 after launching an air raid on Gaza City on Friday evening.
The missile hit the plane which was seen catching fire, the group said in a statement.
The statement affirmed that the resistance group also fired three M-75 rockets into Tel Aviv tonight.
A total of 1,700 rockets have been fired by the group into a multiple of Israel cities since the start of the Israeli military onslaught on the Strip 18 days ago, it added. (pickup previous) mzt.gb