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Israeli PM evacuated from rally after rocket fired from Gaza
(AP) – Israel says a rocket from Gaza has been intercepted over its southern territories.
The attack caused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to be hustled from a stage during an election rally Wednesday in the city of Ashkelon.
There have been no reports of casualties and no Palestinian group has claimed responsibility.
The newspaper Haaretz posted a video on its website showing Netanyahu being taken to a shelter as he was campaigning hours before the primaries of his Likud party.
Such sporadic launches of rockets and ensuing Israeli airstrikes have happened frequently despite an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire that ended two days of fighting in November.
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