(Ha'aretz) Amos Harel, Jonathan Lis, Yair Ettinger - Palestinians fired eight Kassam rockets at the southern Israeli town of Sderot on Thursday night and Friday. One rocket damaged a house, but there were no injuries. Palestinians also fired 15 mortar shells at the Gush Katif settlement bloc in Gaza Thursday night. Military sources said some of the rockets were fired from areas adjacent to Palestinian police stations, but that the police did not intervene. Friday, the IDF blocked off main roads in the Gaza Strip, effectively separating it into three sections, to stop potential terrorists from travelling along the main north-south axis. On Thursday, 12 members of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades wanted by Israel left Arafat's headquarters in Ramallah, apparently out of concern for possible IDF action against them.
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