Several loud explosions heard in south of city Tuesday night; no injuries or damage reported. Palestinians report IDF fired at launching cell in northern Gaza town of Beit Lahiya. Earlier, 12 rockets launched towards Sderot, western Negev; 14-year-old girl moderately injured

Shmulik Hadad
Published: 02.05.08, 23:47 / Israel News

Three Qassam rockets landed Tuesday night in southern Ashkelon. There were no reports of injuries or damage. Hamas claimed responsibility for firing the rockets.

At around 11:15 pm, the Color Red alert system was activated in the city's southern industrial zone. According to police reports, several explosions were heard in the area.

Shortly afterward, Palestinians sources reported that a loud explosion had been heard in the Beit Lahiya area in the northern Gaza Strip. The sources estimated that the IDF had fired at the cell which launched to rockets towards Ashkelon.

Earlier Tuesday, Palestinians fired 12 Qassam rockets at the southern town of Sderot and the western Negev communities. A 14-year-old girl was moderately injured by shrapnel and three people were lightly hurt from smoke inhalation after a rocket directly hit a house in Sderot.