Attack on Israel used Iran rocket
A rocket Palestinians fired at Israel on Jan. 3 was made in Iran, an Israeli lawmaker and security officials said.
Isaac Ben-Israel, a lawmaker from Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s ruling Kadima party, said the projectile that hit the town of Ashkelon was manufactured by Iran, Israel’s bitter enemy.
Ben-Israel, a retired air force general, estimated that militants in the Gaza Strip had several such weapons but “not many.” Most of their projectiles are short-range rockets manufactured in Gaza.
Israeli security officials confirmed that the rocket came from Iran.
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