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Posted 5/21/2006 3:35 AM ETPalestinian rocket hits Israeli classroom
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School had just begun but children were holding morning prayers in a separate room when the rocket came through the roof of the classroom, school officials told Army Radio.
Palestinian militants fired a total of five rockets early Sunday toward Israel, but no other damage was caused, the army said. One of the rockets landed in a Palestinian area, the army said.
The army responded with artillery fire toward launching areas in the northern Gaza Strip, the army and witnesses said.
Palestinian medics said that one Palestinian was moderately injured from the artillery. The army said troops were not firing at the time the man was hit.
Palestinian militants frequently fire rockets toward Israel but they rarely cause casualties. Israel has in recent months increased artillery fire in response to the rocket launchings.