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3 Grad rockets explode in South; 1 person ligh… JPost – Defense.

    Three Grad rockets were fired at southern Israel on Saturday following an IAF attack an Islamic Jihad camp in the southern Gaza Strip.

Two of the rockets exploded in Ashdod and one in Gan Yavne. One person was lightly injured in Ashdod and two teenage sisters age 15 and 18 were treated for shock in Gan Yavne.

One of the rockets that was fired at Ashdod was found in the courtyard of a school.

The rocket fire came after an Islamic Jihad commander and four other terrorists were killed during the IAF attack.

The strike in Rafah followed an unprovoked long-range rocket attack on Israel on Thursday.

Islamic Jihad said an explosion in the training camp killed Ahmed al-Sheikh Khalil, a munitions expert and one of its top commanders, as well as four comrades. An Islamic Jihad source said the dead may include senior figures other than Khalil.

“Those targeted were a group of leaders,” the source said.

Doctors said two Palestinians were also wounded in the incident, during which witnesses reported IDF helicopters overhead.

An IDF spokesman confirmed there had been an attack but did not immediately elaborate.

In the West Bank on Saturday, one man was lightly injured when settlers clashed with Palestinians and left-wing activists in Beit Omer near Gush Etzion.

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