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| Rocket fire from Gaza kills man | |
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| A rocket fired from inside the Gaza Strip has exploded in a kibbutz in southern Israel killing one person. | A rocket fired from inside the Gaza Strip has exploded in a kibbutz in southern Israel killing one person. |
| The rocket was fired less than an hour after EU foreign policy chief Baroness Ashton crossed into the Palestinian territory on an official visit. | The rocket was fired less than an hour after EU foreign policy chief Baroness Ashton crossed into the Palestinian territory on an official visit. |
| The victim is reported to be a farm worker from Thailand who was killed buy shrapnel as he stood in a greenhouse. | |
| An army spokeswoman told Israel Army Radio it was the third rocket of the day fired from Gaza. | An army spokeswoman told Israel Army Radio it was the third rocket of the day fired from Gaza. |
| A militant group based in Gaza say they were behind the attack. | |
| The man, who is in his 30s, is the first person to be killed by rocket fire in southern Israel since the Israeli campaign in Gaza last year. | The man, who is in his 30s, is the first person to be killed by rocket fire in southern Israel since the Israeli campaign in Gaza last year. |
| Over the same period, 88 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed in a mixture of Israeli military operations and border clashes, according to the United Nations. | Over the same period, 88 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed in a mixture of Israeli military operations and border clashes, according to the United Nations. |
| Rocket fire into Israel has continued since the end of Operation Cast Lead, but there has been less than before the incursion. | Rocket fire into Israel has continued since the end of Operation Cast Lead, but there has been less than before the incursion. |
| The kibbutz, Netiv Haasara, runs parallel with the fence of the Gaza Strip. | The kibbutz, Netiv Haasara, runs parallel with the fence of the Gaza Strip. |
| A woman was killed in the same kibbutz in 2005. | A woman was killed in the same kibbutz in 2005. |