Islamic Jihad members fired a round of Kassam rockets into Israel, lightly injuring three people in the town of Sderot. One person was lightly injured in the face by shrapnel Thursday after a rocket fell on a factory, collapsing its roof. Two others were treated for shock. Also Thursday, Hamas released an official statement denying a report in Ha’aretz that they were halting rocket attacks.
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