Rocket from Gaza Strip lands in Egypt; woman injured
As border tensions simmer, sources say incident marks first rocket from Strip to land on residential area rather than desert, "raising concern among the security forces."
By REUTERSAn Egyptian soldier on the Israeli border in Sinai 311 (R)(photo credit: Ronen Zvulun / Reuters)
CAIRO - A woman was injured by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip into the Egyptian town of Rafah on Wednesday, Egypt's state news agency MENA reported, as tension simmered in the region after a spate of cross-border violence.The woman was taken to hospital with light injuries, said a security source in the area.RELATED:IDF hits 2 terrorists attempting to fire rockets from GazaAnother source said it was the first time a rocket from Gaza had landed on a residential area and not in the desert, which was "raising concern among the security forces here."Egyptian security forces were searching the desert frontier with Gaza and Israel for terrorists who may be behind the killing of eight Israelis on Thursday along a road north of the Red Sea resort of Eilat, Egyptian officials said.
Five Egyptian border guards were killed last week as Israeli forces repelled the gunmen, causing the worst crisis in Egypt's relations with Israel since the overthrow of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak in February.Israel said the terrorists had travelled from Gaza through the Egyptian Sinai, and accused Cairo of losing its grip on security in the border region, a charge that Egypt denied.Egyptian General Mohsen Fangary of the ruling army council was due to meet Prime Minister Essam Sharaf on Wednesday and they were likely to discuss the events in Sinai and relations with Israel, a cabinet source said.Click for full Jpost coverage
