A Palestinian rocket hit a “strategic” facility in Ashkelon on Friday. Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the attack on the facility, which was not described in detail, in the Israeli city just north of the Gaza Strip. In retaliation, Israeli military attacked Qassam rocket launch sites in the Gaza Strip.
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