Palestinians fire Grod rocket into Ashqelon: First since truce

Obviously, whatever Israel has been doing is not working.

    
Gaza militants fire Grad into Ashkelon for first time since Gaza op
By Haaretz Service and The Associated Press

A Grad hit Ashkelon on Tuesday morning, the first such rocket to be fired at the city from Gaza since a cease-fire ended Israel's 22-day offensive in the coastal strip last month.
 
Three people in Ashkelon were treated for shock after the attack. Damage to property was also reported.

 

The rocket strike came after a Hamas delegation met with senior Egyptian officials in Cairo on Monday in an effort to reach agreement on a truce with Israel.

 

Ashkelon was hit by nearly 100 rockets during the Gaza fighting. Following Tuesday's rocket attack, a local parents union called for classes to be called off. But city hall announced that school would be open as usual.

 

On Monday evening, a Qassam rocket struck an open area in Sha'ar Hanegev, causing neither casualties nor damage. Three mortar shells also hit the Eshkol region earlier Monday, also causing no injuries or damage.

 

In response to the mortar attack, the Israel Air Force bombed a car in the southern Gaza Strip. Palestinian medical workers reported that one person had been killed in the bombing, and three others were wounded.

 

The Israel Defense Forces said it targeted gunmen who had fired the mortars.

 

Witnesses said the air-strike hit the men while they were traveling in a car in the town. Their identities were not immediately known.

 

On Sunday Israel suffered the heaviest barrage of rocket and mortar attacks since the cease-fire took effect.