Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claim Gaza rocket after inmate death

February 26 2013 11:38:21

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claim Gaza rocket after inmate death

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories - Agence France-Presse

Palestinian militants of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades stand guard on the roof of a building in the West Bank village of Saair on February 25, 2013 during the funeral of Arafat Jaradat, an inmate who died in an Israeli prison. AFP PHOTO/MARCO LONGARI

Gaza-based militants from Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades on Tuesday claimed responsibility for firing a rocket at Israel after one of its members died in jail after being interrogated.

"In a preliminary response to the killing of our hero the prisoner Arafat Jaradat, we claim responsibility for firing a Grad rocket on Ashkelon at 6:00 am (0400 GMT)," said a statement from the group, which is loosely allied to the Fatah movement of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas.

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