Islamic Jihad says it fires Grad rockets at central Israel

Islamic Jihad says it fires Grad rockets at central Israel

 Islamic Jihad (Holy War) movement's armed wing, Saraya al-Quds, on Saturday claimed responsibility for firing two long-range Russian-made Grad rockets from the Gaza Strip at central Israel.

In a message sent via mobile phones to reporters in Gaza, the group said it had started to respond to the earlier killing of five of its militants by Israeli war jets "by hitting the cities of Ashdod and Yavneh and their suburbs with Grad rockets."

Earlier Saturday, Israeli jets struck a training post of Jihad in the town of Rafah in southern Gaza, killing five of its militants and critically wounding another three.

Israel said the five militants were behind two Grad rocket attacks on central Israel two days ago.

The latest escalation of violence between Israel and Gaza militant groups was in late August, when around 30 Palestinians and two Israelis were killed. A truce mediated by Egypt was then reached between the two sides.

Following the aerial attack on the Jihad training base, the group said in a statement that their response to the killing of the five militants "will be strong."

Editor: Mu Xuequan

English.news.cn   2011-10-30 05:29:56 FeedbackPrintRSS
GAZA, Oct. 29 (Xinhua)