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GAZA, April 23 (KUNA) -- Fatah's Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed
responsibility of firing five local-made missiles at the Israeli settlement of
Sderot, early Wednesday.
In a press release, the brigades said the missiles hit "right on target"
and that sounds of explosions were heard from afar.
It also said the group that launched the missiles returned safely,
stressing that the attack was to avenge the Israeli crimes against the
Palestinian people and resistance activists in Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
Meanwhile, a joint press release by Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades and Abu Ali
Mustafa Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of
Palestine, announced that the two groups bombarded Nahal Oz Israeli site, east
of Gaza, Wednesday morning.
The release said a joint team fired five missiles which hit their targets,
precisely. It emphasized that the attack reflects the unity of resistance
activists, and called all the Palestinian military groups to join hands.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades had fired three "Aqsa 103" rockets at Sderot,
Tuesday evening.
In the meantime, eyewitnesses said members of Hamas's Izzidin Al-Qassam
Brigades survived an Israeli bombardment that targeted their vehicle near
Asfour fuel station in Bani Suhaila town, east of Khan Younis city, south Gaza
Strip.
They added that the activists got out of the car moments before Israeli
Apache helicopters hit it with three missiles.
The missiles hit the car directly, destroying it completely and setting it
into flames, they pointed out.
According to the witnesses, the attack led to the injury of a person who
was passing in the area of the incident.(end)
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