Rocket attack injures 30 in "Israel"

Source: alalam.ir, 14-05-2008
ASHKELON, 'Israel'-A rocket fired from Gaza exploded in a shopping center in the occupied southern 'Israeli' settlements conglomeration of Ashkelon on Wednesday, wounding at least 30 people, rescue officials said.
The rocket ripped through the roof of the mall, causing a large chunk of the roof to collapse in a huge pile of rubble and twisted metal. Four windows were blown out of the side of the building.
A hospital official said several settlers were seriously wounded, several other settlers were slightly wounded, said the official, Leah Malul of Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon.
The Magen David Adom rescue service said 30 people were wounded, including four people who were briefly trapped under the rubble.
Two Palestinian resistance groups, the Islamic Jihad and the Popular Resistance Committees, claimed responsibility. Earlier Wednesday, five Palestinians were martyred in military operations by the 'Israeli' regime in Gaza.
While activists have fired homemade retaliatory rockets into occupied border towns for several years, only recently have they gained the capability to target Ashkelon, a city of 110,000 people about 15 kilometers (nine miles) from the Gaza border.
The rocket attack came as Bush was wrapping up talks in occupied al-Quds with Zionist Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
'Israel's' high-tech military has been unable to find a way to stop the crude rockets.