Three people were treated for shock shortly before midnight Tuesday after Arab terrorists resumed rocket fire on Sderot. One Kassam fell in the city and another fell in an open area nearby. No damage was reported.

The military and political establishment have credited anti-terrorist operations for the recent decline in the number of rocket attacks, but the reduction may be a political tactic by terrorists trying to help Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas gain bargaining leverage in a meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday.