A Katyusha rocket, one of three launched from Jordan, landed near the Eilat airport. The rocket created a small crater on a local road last Friday, although it did not explode. Another rocket landed near a U.S. Navy battleship docked in Aqaba, Jordan, killing a Jordanian soldier.
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