MJ Martin (21 Dec 2004)
"Palestinians Resume Missile Attacks on Israel"


PALESTINIANS RESUME MISSILE ATTACKS ON ISRAEL

GAZA CITY [MENL] -- Palestinian insurgents have resumed missile attacks on Israel.

On Saturday, Hamas gunners fired five Kassam-class short-range missiles toward Israel from the Gaza Strip. The missiles landed in and around the nearby Israeli city of Sderot and nobody was reported injured.

One of the missiles landed in a residential area and damaged a building. Hamas claimed responsibility for the missile strikes.

"It was a miracle [that nobody was injured]," Sderot Mayor Eli Moyal said.

Earlier, Hamas said it launched Kassam missiles toward Israeli communities in the Gaza Strip. The movement said one of the missiles damaged a factory in the Israeli community of Nissanit in the northern Gaza Strip.