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|  | Palestinian have fired a Katyusha-style rocket at Israel from Gaza for the first time, the Israeli army said.
A Bedouin Arab shepherd and his son were killed near Gaza
One of the rockets, which are bigger than the makeshift
Qassam missiles militants usually launch, fell near a kibbutz in
southern Israel.
There was no damage or casualties reported at the Itfah kibbutz.
Earlier in the day, as Israel voted in a general
election, two Arab Israeli shepherds were killed in a blast caused by
an unexploded shell in a field.
Katyushas, a favoured weapon of the Lebanese Shia
militant group Hezbollah, have a range several times greater than
Qassams, which have caused few Israeli casualties in hundreds of
salvoes.
An Israeli TV commentator said their deployment would be a "dramatic development", which Israel's military had long feared.
The Israeli town of Ashkelon - with more than 100,000
inhabitants and the site of important desalination and power facilities
- lies within striking distance of Katyusha rockets.
Three casualties
The Arab shepherds - a father and his teenage son - died
on Tuesday morning in a blast near Nahal Oz farming community just a
few hundred metres east of the Gaza Strip.
The Islamic Jihad militant group claimed responsibility
for the blast saying it had timed a rocket attack to disrupt the
election in Israel.
The Israeli army said the explosion might have been caused by a rocket that had lain dormant for some time.
However, the army did confirm that three rockets had been fired from Gaza during the day.
The dead were Bedouin Arabs, who make up about 10% of
Israel's Arab community, which itself represents about one-fifth of
Israel's total population.
In other violence, Israeli troops killed one Palestinian militant in a raid in the West Bank.
Samer Freihat, 24, was hit by an Israeli bullet after
clashes broke out in the village of Yamun, near Jenin, Palestinian
medics said.
Palestinian radio said he was shot several times and left to bleed for several hours before he died.
An Israeli army spokesman said troops had opened fire
after seeing Freihat was armed, adding that he had been on a list of
wanted militants. | |
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