Al-Aqsa Rocket Hits Southern Zionist Entity
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A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed early Tuesday near Askalan in Occupied Palestine in the first such strike since a November truce.
"The rocket fell early in the morning near Ashkelon and did some damage to a road, without hurting anyone," said "Israeli" police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld.
The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, Fatah's military wing, claimed responsibility for the fire."
In a preliminary response to the killing of our hero the prisoner Arafat Jaradat, we claim responsibility for firing a Grad rocket on Ashkelon at 6:00 am," said a statement from the group, which is loosely allied to the Fatah movement.
Tuesday's rocket fire comes at a time when tensions are particularly high following the weekend martyrdom of a Palestinian prisoner in an "Israeli" jail, due to torture.
Thousands of Palestinians thronged the West Bank village of Sair on Monday for the funeral of Arafat Jaradat, a 30-year-old father of two and member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.
Both the Palestinians and the United Nations special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, Robert Serry, have called for an independent inquiry into his death.
Meanwhile, the "Israeli" troops injured two Palestinian teenagers near a holy site close to Bethlehem, during one of the many demonstrations Palestinians in the West Bank have staged in recent days.
Initially, West Bank street protests broke out in support of Palestinians held in "Israeli" jails, particularly in support of four inmates on lengthy hunger strikes. Then, over the weekend, a Palestinian prisoner who was not on hunger strike was martyred due to torture, prompting more demonstrations.
Source: News agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
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