GAZA, Sept 26 (KUNA) -- Palestinian fighters fired rockets at the Israeli settlement of Sdirot, near Gaza.
The National Resistance Brigades, military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, military wing of the Fatah organization claimed joint responsibility for the shelling against Sdirot Wednesday afternoon.
"This shelling is part of the reply to the crimes committed by occupation armies against Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza," a joint statement by the two groups said.
Meanwhile, the Al-Quds Brigades, military wing of the Islamic Jihad, also claimed responsibility for one of the rockets that was fired on Sdirot Wednesday.
"The shelling is a reply to the Israeli infiltration in the village of Beit Hanoun," the statement by the Al-Quds Brigades said.
This attack on Sdirot is the fourth launched by the Al-Quds Brigades on Sdirot Wednesday.
Israel has already admitted that al least one of the rockets had hit Sdirot Wednesday. (end) zt.eh KUNA 262053 Sep 07NNNN