(Ha'aretz) Gili Cohen and Yanir Yagna - Palestinians in Gaza fired three more rockets at Israel Thursday. Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepted a Grad-type Katyusha rocket fired toward the city of Ashdod. Two more rockets hit open fields in the Eshkol and Ashkelon regions. Despite an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire on Tuesday, Palestinians continued to fire rockets sporadically into Israel on Tuesday and Wednesday. Five cities in southern Israel - Beersheba, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Kiryat Malachi and Gan Yavne - canceled school on Thursday.
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