The Iranian-made rocket, fired at Ashkelon from northern Gaza, caused no damage. Neither was damage caused by at least seven Kassam rockets fired from Gaza towards Ashkelon and the Negev over the past two days. Two Bedouin Arabs were killed by a Kassam explosion; apparently fired sometime in the past, the victims are assumed to have set off the device when they found it in a field.
The Katyusha rocket has a range of 20 kilometers (12 miles), putting Ashdod in range of northern Gaza. It fell just outside the Gaza border fence, and it is not clear if its short range was the result of a misfire or not.
"This terrorist launch towards Ashkelon is totally different than what we have been accustomed to thus far," a Shabak source told Arutz-7's Kobi Finkler.
Sappers who arrived on the site saw that the rocket was not the amateur Kassam type they have seen in the thousands over the last few years, but rather a professional Katyusha. The tail of the Katyusha, an integral part of the rocket, enables it greater precision and destructive capacity.
The Katyusha rocket has a range of 20 kilometers (12 miles), putting Ashdod in range of northern Gaza. It fell just outside the Gaza border fence, and it is not clear if its short range was the result of a misfire or not.
"This terrorist launch towards Ashkelon is totally different than what we have been accustomed to thus far," a Shabak source told Arutz-7's Kobi Finkler.
Sappers who arrived on the site saw that the rocket was not the amateur Kassam type they have seen in the thousands over the last few years, but rather a professional Katyusha. The tail of the Katyusha, an integral part of the rocket, enables it greater precision and destructive capacity.