Palestinian Rocket Hits Medical Clinic at Israeli Mall

[New York Times] Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Ethan Bronner - Palestinians in Gaza on Wednesday fired a rocket at the Israeli city of Ashkelon that crashed through the roof of a health clinic at a shopping mall, badly wounding a woman and her 2-year-old daughter. The doctor who was attending to them and a fourth person were also badly hurt. Maj. Gen. Uriel Bar-Lev, the police commander of Israel's southern district, said bomb experts had determined that the rocket was Iranian-made. "It has Iranian fingerprints on it," he said.


2008-05-15 01:00:00

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