01/21/2014
Landing site of rocket in Eilat, April 17, 2013. Photo: Spokesperson police southern region
An al-Qaida-inspired group in Egypt claimed responsibility on Tuesday for a rocket attack on southern Eilat port, saying it would continue to target the Jewish state while battling the interim military government in Cairo.
Israel has occasionally come under cross-border strikes from the lawless Egyptian Sinai peninsula, though a new fortified fence along the frontier and Cairo's security crackdowns have kept the militants largely in check.
The Sinai-based terrorist group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Supporters of Jerusalem) said it had carried out the rocket launch on Eilat and was undeterred by Egyptian security sweeps.
"Jews must understand that our war with the enemy inside will not make us forget the prime enemy of the (Muslim) nation, who occupies the land and defiles the sacred places," Ansar said in a statement. "Jews will see things they do not like."
Israel has occasionally come under cross-border strikes from the lawless Egyptian Sinai peninsula, though a new fortified fence along the frontier and Cairo's security crackdowns have kept the militants largely in check.
The Sinai-based terrorist group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (Supporters of Jerusalem) said it had carried out the rocket launch on Eilat and was undeterred by Egyptian security sweeps.
"Jews must understand that our war with the enemy inside will not make us forget the prime enemy of the (Muslim) nation, who occupies the land and defiles the sacred places," Ansar said in a statement. "Jews will see things they do not like."
Security forces located on Tuesday afternoon the remains of two Grad rockets fired at Eilat on Monday evening.
Residents reported hearing two loud blasts in the Red Sea city, and police and the IDF spent hours searching for remnants of the projectiles fired from Sinai.
Eilat was previously attacked with rockets fired by jihadi terrorists from the Sinai Peninsula in August 2013, when theIron Dome intercepted a Grad rocket.
In April 2013, two rockets landed in Eilat, one of which fell in a residential area and caused minor damage. At the time, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said the terrorists firing the rockets were likely members of a terrorist cell that left Gaza and used Sinai in order to attack Eilat.
Residents reported hearing two loud blasts in the Red Sea city, and police and the IDF spent hours searching for remnants of the projectiles fired from Sinai.
Eilat was previously attacked with rockets fired by jihadi terrorists from the Sinai Peninsula in August 2013, when theIron Dome intercepted a Grad rocket.
In April 2013, two rockets landed in Eilat, one of which fell in a residential area and caused minor damage. At the time, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said the terrorists firing the rockets were likely members of a terrorist cell that left Gaza and used Sinai in order to attack Eilat.
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