Longer-range rocket fired into Israel
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip fired a Katyusha rocket into Israel, raising concern that militants in the Hamas-ruled territory are developing longer-range weapons.
The 122-millimeter rocket, based on a Russian-made Grad missile, landed outside the southern town of Netivot, about six miles from Gaza, Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said by phone. No one was injured. Most of the rockets launched from Gaza in the last two years have been unguided Kassam rockets with shorter range.
Also in Gaza, a prominent Palestinian Christian was found dead after being abducted near his home, six months after the religious bookshop he ran was blown up.
There was no claim of responsibility for the killing of Rami Ayyad, director of the Protestant Holy Bible Society.
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