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| Rocket hits warehouse in Jordan | |
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| A rocket has exploded near the southern Jordanian city of Aqaba. No casualties have been reported. | |
| The rocket was one of two fired early on Thursday morning which landed in Jordanian territory, the other splashed harmlessly into the sea. | |
| There are conflicting reports as to where the rockets were fired from. | |
| Israeli military sources say they came from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, but Egypt denies this and Jordanian officials denied the missiles came from there. | |
| Israeli media reports say that the rockets were aimed at the Israeli town of Eilat. | |
| Israeli military sources told the BBC the rockets came from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, but Egyptian officials later said that was untrue. | |
| Jordanian officials denied the rockets were fired from their territory, but the Reuters news agency later reported unnamed military sources saying the missiles were fired in Jordan, but failed to clear their boundaries. | |
| The rocket blast hit an empty warehouse Information Minister Nabil Sharif told news agency AFP. | |
| Israel has recently warned of increased militant activity in the Sinai, which is very popular with Israeli tourists. Last week it said there was firm evidence of an attempt to abduct its citizens in the the area, prompting a call for all Israelis in the Sinai to leave immediately | |
| In 2005 four rockets were fired from Jordan toward Israel, but they missed, hitting Jordan. A Jordanian soldier was killed in the incident. |