Two Grad rockets were fired from Gaza late Wednesday evening after a period of relative calm in the south.Palestine Press Agency says that the Abdullah Azzam Brigades took responsibility for these attacks.
The first rocket exploded at around 10:30 pm in an open area between Sderot and Kiryat Gat, near a town in the Lakhish Region. The second exploded some two hours later at the entrance to the southern city of Ashkelon. No injuries or damage were reported in either case.
The same group took responsibility for a Grad attack in April. They are affiliated with Al Qaeda.
It is pretty much impossible to smuggle Grad rockets into Gaza without Hamas' knowledge and permission, so the "good cop, bad cop" routine that Hamas has been playing with the Islamist groups is mostly theatre. No doubt they have their differences but Hamas is well aware of their possession of, and use of, Grad rockets.