IRNA: "Larijani: Would the Zionists opt for wheelchair, must attack Iran"

That's the sort of thing Iranian officials say when they make speeches:

Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said here on Wednesday that if the Zionists opted for wheelchair life, they would attack Iran.

Addressing a ceremony commemorating martyrs of Howeizeh, Khuzestan province, he added that the Iranian nation is brave and the Zionists are afraid of Iranians.

He said that the Zionist regime sometime threatens Iran, but, soon afterwards they correct themselves because they know that it will cost them dearly.

Nobody will dare to attack Iran as long the spirit of Jihad is strong among the youth of the country, he asserted.

Larijani said that the US administration is seeking to deal a blow to Iran's economy, adding, 'The government must adopt precautionary measures in the economic field in a way that the people not to be exposed to financial problems.'

The Iranian nation has turned sanctions into an opportunity and has precious experience to solve its problems by its own, he said.

Angry Arab: "There is no such thing as severely disrupted"

The mind boggles at this assertion. A minor disruption could involve, say, a traffic jam. A severe disruption could involve, let's say, rocket attacks. How did AA get an academic job?

So no one was killed or injured but the New York Times had to make Israelis victims no matter what: "Schools in southern Israel were closed, and the daily routine of hundreds of thousands of Israelis was severely disrupted." Oh, the routines were severely disrupted? Do we have to feel sorry for the occupiers? And what is the difference between disrupted and severely disrupted? They are either disrupted or not disrupted. There is no such thing as severely disrupted. If the "daily routine" of Israelis were disrupted, the lives of Palestinians are being disrupted by Israeli terrorists every week. But you are too racist to notice.

It's "racist" to show sympathy for the targets of the rockets rather than the ones firing them? What would that particular bigotry be called? Qassam-o-phobia?

IRNA: "Iranian govt has always ensured human rights: [Pakistani] MP"

Glad that's cleared up:

Member of Pakistani Parliament on Tuesday said that Iranian government has always ensured human rights and democratic norms.

Speaking to IRNA, Member of the National Assembly and senior lawyer Naseer Bhutta disputed reports by western media that human rights situation in Iran is not upto the international standards.

The politician added that people in Iran are enjoying all democratic rights. He added that Iranian people have elected President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for second term because they have faith in the government.

The legal expert condemned western propaganda against Iran and said that west is trying to harm the image of Iran.

Alberto Toscano a western analyst in an interview with the BBC said that human rights situation in Iran is poor and people are not getting their basic rights.

“I simply disagree with such remarks against Iran,” Naseer Bhutta said.

He said that despite difficult times, elections in Iran have been regularly taking place.

The lawmaker suggested that the Muslim world should follow the foot steps of Iranian government by implementing strong democratic system in their countries.

He was of the view that Islamic system of governance is very strong in Iran which also ensures fundamental rights of the people.

The Parliamentarian also asked west to respect Iran’s sovereignty and stop propaganda campaign against the Islamic Republic.

He said that it is very encouraging to see that Iran despite western propaganda has been progressing in all fields.

PressTV: "'Iran can thwart Duqu spyware'"

It might be true that they have the virus "under control," but it probably isn't. A recent Iranian press article also mentioned a medicine with "the capability to destroy all malignant cancerous cells":

Iran has developed a software program that can “control” the newly discovered Duqu spyware, the director of Iran's Passive Defense Organization has announced.

“The software, capable of controlling this virus (Duqu), has been provided to organizations and institutions,” IRNA quoted Brigadier General Gholamreza Jalali as saying on Sunday.

Duqu, discovered on September 1, 2011, is a sophisticated Trojan which acts as a backdoor into a system and facilitates the theft of private intelligence.

Security software manufacturer Symantec says parts of the Duqu code base are nearly identical to the infamous Stuxnet worm, “but with a completely different purpose.”

The Duqu malware has reportedly infected a number of systems in Iran.

“All of the centers and apparatuses suspected of being infected with the virus are under control,” Jalali said, adding that countering and cleansing processes have been carried out at the infected institutions.

Stuxnet, first indentified by Iranian officials in June 2010, is a malware designed to infect computers using supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems made by the German company Siemens -- which are favored by industries that manage water supplies, oilrigs, and power plants.

In July, media reports claimed that Stuxnet had targeted industrial computers around the globe, with Iran being the main target of the attack. The reports said Iran's newly launched Bushehr nuclear power plant was at the center of the cyber attack.

However, Iranian experts detected the worm in time, averting any damage to the country's industrial sites and resources.

“The (Iranian) cyber defense base is working round the clock to adopt the necessary measures to counter cyber attacks and the infiltration of spyware,” Jalili stated.

Ahmadinejad: "Israel Forging History to Find Historical Roots"

Too bad he doesn't go into details;

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned that the Zionist regime of Israel is endangering the world history to create a fake historical root for itself.

"Zionists have created a fake 2,500-year-old culture for themselves in the history and want to dry up the historical roots of the other nations," he said, addressing a ceremony on Tuesday to unveil the artifacts of the Jiroft region in Southeastern Iran.

He said that the West and enemies of the Iranian nation who lack a rich and proper historical background are against any move to introduce the history and civilization of the great Iranian nation.

"They know when a nation loses its identity, it is easily influence by their plots," he added.

Yet, Ahmadinejad underscored that the hegemonic powers are unable to undermine and destroy the Iranian nation's historical and civilization roots and origins.

The "Jiroft Civilization Treasure" ceremony was held today after 18 Iranian historical artifacts smuggled from the ancient Iranian site of Jiroft to Britain almost seven years ago were recently returned to the Islamic Republic. [...]

Songun Pal propaganda: "Israel's Threats Endanger Abbas' Life: Official"

No Pal propaganda is too stupid for North Korea to echo:

A senior Palestinian official addressed a letter on Friday to the international community saying that the recent Israeli threats to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas "would endanger his life."

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said in a letter addressed to members of the UN Security Council and all countries in the world that the Palestinians reject the Israeli campaign of incitement against President Abbas.

"This policy of incitement and the aggressive assault of the Israeli government and its Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman would endanger President Abbas' life and undermine the peace process," said Erekat. [...]

Americans like Bibi better than Barry

Good development, but I'm still freaked out that Obama got elected in the first place. Let's face it, we could have anyone for president next.

President Obama's hot-miked conversation with French President Nicolas Sarkozy suggested that he is frustrated with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu -- but Americans might be more frustrated with Obama than they are irritated by Netanyahu.

"A poll conducted by the group Greenberg Quinlan Rosner found that 52.3 percent of Americans rate Netanyahu positively, compared to 51.5 percent for Obama," reports Israel Today Magazine. "The results of the poll were enthusiastically discussed on Israel's Channel 10 News on Thursday." [...]

IRNA: Iran has glorious martyrdom-seeking work accident, inspiring all regional nations

You may have seen reports on this incident already. Here it is from the Horse's, er, mouth:

Head of IRGC Public Relations Department Brigadier General Ramazan Sharif said on Saturday that 27 IRGC personnel attained martyrdom in a massive explosion at IRGC’s ammunition depot in Malard, Alborz province on Saturday.

Death toll from garrison explosion rises to 27

The incident occurred due to displacement of ammunition and explosives, he said adding that some 16 other IRGC forces sustained injuries in the blast.

Some of the injured are in critical conditions, he said.

The cause of the incident is under investigation and the result will be made public soon, he said.

A huge explosion rocked a garrison in Bidgeneh in the vicinity of Malard city in Alborz province Saturday afternoon.

Bidgeneh village is 45 kilometers from capital city of Tehra

Hmmm, "displacement of ammunition and explosives." PressTV's account reports this as “relocation of ammunition,” which makes a bit more sense.

Update: Richard Silverstein: "The face of the Israeli terror machine has reared its ugly head again in the world." Hey, what's wrong with blowing swords into ploughshares?

Total clarity about Arafat death on horizon

Or maybe not. From Ma'an News:

A nephew of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat says the family will soon release a French medical report revealing Arafat's cause of death.

Naser al-Qudwa says the document is being translated from French before it is released.

Al-Qudwa says the report will answer "many questions," as it is the Palestinian people's right to get a clear answer about how Arafat died. The document has not previously been seen in Arabic.

The report by French doctors describes a platelet disorder and speculates on its cause, al-Qudwa says. The doctors ruled out cancer and an acute infection, he told Ma'an.

A third possibility was poisoning, al-Qudwa says, but the records show that doctors were unable to conclusively determine what poison, if any, was in Arafat's system.

"We have said that it is poisoning," he hinted.

Al-Qudwa has long campaigned for a close examination of his uncle's death, which he has blamed on poisoning in the past. It was not clear when the new documents were to be released.

Arafat died on Nov. 11, 2004 in Paris. Medical records have been closely guarded amid speculation on the cause of a sudden illness that struck the Palestinian leader shortly before his death. [...]

Probably advanced AIDS.

Iran: Don't kill any of our stubbly-beard guys

Especially since their military is now easily two or three times more invincible than it used to be:

A senior Iranian commander threatened to kill "dozens" of American military commanders, should the US kill any Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Commanders and officials.

"You also should not forget that American commanders have plenty of presence and travel in the region. If you kill any of us, we will kill dozens of you," Commander of the IRGC's Aerospace Division Genera Amir Ali Hajizadeh told FNA.

Also, another senior Iranian military officials blasted Washington's threats against Iran and Iranian commanders, and cautioned that the Iranian Armed Forces, particularly the IRGC, will give a crushing response to the US terrorist actions.

"It is surprising that a number of US officials are so ill-informed that they do not know their fellow countrymen are in a volatile positions in a region around the Islamic Republic of Iran," Iranian Armed Forces Deputy Chief of Staff for Cultural Affairs and Defense Publicity Brigadier General Massoud Jazayeri told the US Close-up website.

Jazayeri pointed to the US officials' recent call for the assassination of the Islamic Republic's top IRGC commanders, and noted, "The IRGC's response to the US terrorist actions will make Americans repent their actions."

He further warned that the US will be harmed if it does not accept to apologize for it threatening remarks.

His remarks allude to the United States' new plot against Iran. Earlier last week several American neoconservatives, including retired US Army general Jack Keane, urged the Obama administration to use covert action against Iran and target members of the Quds Force, the Guard's special foreign actions unit. [...]

Juan Cole: Let's believe everything Iran says about its nuclear program

Juan sounds a little desperate here. My favorite proof that Iran is not working on a nuclear weapon is that "[i]n the medieval Muslim law of war, killing innocent non-combatants is forbidden." Tell that to Hizbullah:

Nuclear issues are so complicated that the public is easily misled and frightened by nuclear demagoguery. That is why the new International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran’s nuclear program will be hyped endlessly.

Iran is a theocracy in which the Supreme Leader has said that nuclear weapons are forbidden in Islamic law. In the medieval Muslim law of war, killing innocent non-combatants is forbidden. The same people who jump up and down about Iran being “medieval” in this regard suddenly dismiss Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s injunctions against nuclear warheads as irrelevant when the latter subject comes up. But if he gave such a fatwa and at the same time undermined it, he would risk a fatal blow to his authority and legitimacy.

The way you tell if a country like Iran is actively working on a nuclear bomb is that it diverts uranium to weapons purposes. Iran has not done that, as the IAEA repeatedly affirms. Almost certainly, if Iran were seriously working on a bomb, it would kick international inspectors out altogether . . .

It is likely that Iran wants “nuclear latency,” or the “Japan option.” That would involve knowing how to construct a bomb in short order if the country was ever directly menaced with an invasion and regime change a la Iraq. From Bush’s announcement of the coming war in September 2002 at the UNGA until there were American boots on the ground in Iraq was about seven months. If Iraq had had “latency” or a “break-out” capability, it could just have made a bomb and blown it up, and there would have been no US invasion. Iran wants to be in that position. It is not the same as constructing an actual bomb. Everything we know about Iran’s nuclear enrichment program points to it mainly being for civilian purposes. [...]

I mean, how can you doubt Supreme Leader pronouncements?

IRNA (Iran): "MP: Forged regime of Israel too wretched to threaten Iran"

Iranian rhetoric gets shriller:

A member of IRI Parliament board of directors referring to forged racist Zionist regime on invading Iran’s nuclear facilities, said here Wednesday that regime is too weak, too wretched, to threaten a great and civilization builder nation like Iran.

MP: Forged regime of Israel too wretched to threaten Iran
According to the IRNA correspondent in Iran’s southern Bandar Abbas port city, Mohammad Ashouri who was speaking with IRNA in an exclusive interview further reiterated, “That fragile regime suffered the humiliation of defeat in confrontation with the spiritual offspring of the Iranian nation in the course of the 33-Day War, whose aftermaths can still be seen in massive demonstrations of the Jews in various cities.”

Member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Islamic Majlis reiterated, “That they would intend to invade Iran is more like a dream and hallucination, because if they would even make the slightest mistake, that would mark the end of their existence.”

Representative of Bandar Abbas, Qeshm, Khamir, and Abu-Moussa at the Parliament said that Iran’s greatest weapon is its enthusiastic and united men and women embodies in the Iranian nation, arguing, “So long as we rely on our nation’s unity and belief in Almighty God, no power in the world is capable of threatening the gallant Iranian nation.”

Elsewhere in the interview he referred to the immense stockpiling of the nuclear weapons in those countries which claim to be peace loving in the world, reiterating, “The Zionist regime is not only not a member of the atomic agency, but has not even once permitted the agency’s inspectors to survey its nuclear facilities, and had furthermore, many times resisted against the demands of many nations for supervision of the agency over its nuclear activities.”

Ashouri emphasized, “The managing director of the agency does not dare to say even one sentence in condemnation of that regime.”

He added, “The agency’s recent report made everyone at the international scene lose the remainder of trust they had in the IAEA, and unfortunately it was the behavior of the agency’s managing director that caused that mistrust.”

Member of the Iranian parliament’s board of directors said that the recent report of the UN nuclear watchdog is the west’s seeking of a pretext for launching a new wave of accusations and sanctions against Iran.

Referring to the recent visit of the IAEA managing director of the United States and his meetings with the US officials right before finalizing his report on Iran, he emphasized, “This report has been prepared beyond doubt aimed at pleasing the demands of the White House officials cent per cent.”

The Iranian MP ended his remarks arguing, “Threatening the Iranian nation, which has regained its new identity in the course of resistance, perseverance and selflessness is sheer stupidity, which the White House officials insist on repeating such stupidity anew once again.”

The dispatches have in recent weeks been carrying an overwhelming volume of reports indicating that the warmonger racist Zionist leaders have been making preparations for “limited attacks” against nuclear targets in Iran, notably Iran’s Parchin nuclear facilities.

But as this top Iranian MP has noted such propagations are more like wishful thinking for the poor Zionists, as Israel is both too vulnerable, and too little in comparison with great Iran to dare make a first slight mistake in this regard, which would as Mr. Ashouri has mentioned be also its last mistake.

New verbs in the Iranian Press

According to a current headline at Fars News: "Senior Legislator: Iran to Level Israel Off If Attacked":

Member of the Iranian parliament's Presiding Board Mohammad Hossein Farhangi warned the Zionist regime against the dire consequences of any military aggression against Iran, and underlined that the Iranian Armed Forces are capable of annihilating Israel completely.

"Iran has the capability to annihilate the Zionist regime forever, if attacked" Farhangi told FNA on Wednesday.

Meantime, he downplayed the importance of the war rhetoric of Israel and its allies against Iran, and said that the Zionist regime and other countries change their views everyday and "even they do not dare to say firmly that they intend to attack the Islamic Iran".

Political observers believe that Israel's failure in its 2006 war on the Lebanese Hezbollah has discouraged the Zionist regime from waging an attack on Iran.

They believe that the Zionist regime of Israel has already tested its military power in its attack on Lebanon and Hezbollah, and knows that it lacks the necessary power and courage to attack Iran.

Iran has warned that it would target Israel and its worldwide interests in case it comes under attack by the Tel Aviv. [...]

According to another Fars headline: "Thousands of Syrian, Palestinian Youths Ready to Blast Israel":

Thousands of Syrian and Palestinian youths in a petition to Damascus government expressed their readiness to conduct martyrdom-seeking operations inside Israel.

In a petition signed by 30,000 well-trained Palestinian and Syrian youths, they said that they are ready to infiltrate Israel and conduct any type of operation.

The call for infiltration into Israel came months after 5 young Palestinians who tried to carry out martyrdom-seeking operation on the Nakba Day were arrested in the occupied territories.

Nakba Day (day of the catastrophe) is generally remembered on May 15. For the Palestinians it is the anniversary of the day of their displacement that followed the Israeli Declaration of Independence in 1948.

The petition said that those who signed it have passed military, combat and tactical trainings and are ready to tolerate the hardest conditions in Israel.

The move came after Israel intensified its war rhetoric against the Syrian government and its ally, Iran.

If only Juan Cole were here to tell us what this all means. By the way "annihilate" is not one of the new verbs--that one has been used frequently for years.

(North) Korean News on OWS

"Hundreds of masses"?--each person is a "mass"? Anyway, North Korea approves:

A demonstration against Wall Street took place in Atlanta, Georgia, the U.S. on Nov. 5.

Taking to the streets, hundreds of masses denounced the greed and exploitation by the capitalist class which seeks only its interests in disregard of the poor living conditions of the overwhelming majority of working masses.

The police in suppression gears arrested many demonstrators.

Juan Cole on the Sarcozy/Obama live-mic gaffe

Juan Cole exceeds my expectations regularly. I should revise my expectations, but they are fairly vast already where he is concerned. A paragraph:

President Obama didn’t seem in a hurry to defend Bibi, who has in fact had a long history of prevaricating. His biggest lie? That he wants a “peace process” with the Palestinians. That is sort of like saying that shearers want a “peace process” with the sheep that they fleece.

Fars News (Iran): "Hamas Leader Stresses Palestinians' Ownership of Entire Palestinian Lands"

Hamas makes effective use of its two faces. Let's hear from the one that usually addresses Iran:

A prominent member of the Palestinian Hamas Movement voiced his movement's agreement with the establishment of a Palestinian state, but at the same time rejected any move to surrender the Palestinian territories to the occupying regime of Israel, stressing that Palestinians are the owners of entire Palestine and not just a part of it.

Speaking to FNA in Gaza city on Tuesday, Mahmoud al-Zahar pointed to the Head of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas's UN membership bid and establishment of a Palestinian State within the 1967 borders, and stated that Hamas supports establishment of such a Palestinian state, no matter it is within the 1967 borders or even on a palm of the Palestinian lands.

"But, the occupying regime should not be recognized and even a span of Palestine's soil should not be ignored," Zahar noted.

"If efforts are directed towards establishment of a Palestinian state based on 1967 borders, we should unify our efforts. Of course this is not our borders, our borders are well known and cover the entire Palestine and even more than Palestine," Zahar stated.

Many Palestinian groups have blasted Abbas's unilateral move to win the UN's acclaim for a Palestinian state, and said he should have discussed the issue with other Palestinian groups beforehand.

These groups also stress that although establishment of a Palestinian state is necessary, the 1967 borders are not the borderline of the Palestinian lands as Palestine means all the lands belonging to the Palestinians, including the territories occupied in the 1940s.

Also, earlier this month Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei called for holding a free referendum in the entire Palestinian lands (including those under the Israeli occupation) to determine the fate of the country, and rejected the plans which envisage division of Palestine.

"We neither propose dumping the migrant Jews in the sea nor the UN arbitration, rather our proposal includes a referendum to be participated by all Palestinians," Ayatollah Khamenei said, addressing the 5th International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Intifada in Tehran at the time.

He also dismissed the West's plots to disintegrate Palestine, and said, "Today the West is standing on a crossroad and it should either leave its age-old bullying and recognize the rights of the Palestinians or wait for harder blows in the near future."

Mehr News (Iran): "No safe place for U.S. in Islamic world: IRGC official"

Interesting way of putting things, no?

The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps deputy commander said on Tuesday that there is no safe place for the Unites States and its lackeys and allies in the Muslim world.

Brigadier General Hossein Salami also said the landscape of the Muslim world has changed in a way that hegemons no longer dare to be present in the region, adding that international developments have changed the balance of power in favor of Muslims.

Goldstone eloquently picks apart the Apartheid canard

Richard Goldstone--of all people--emerges as a very cogent and eloquent Israel-advocate. It's about time. Here are two sample paragraphs:

[...] In Israel, there is no apartheid. Nothing there comes close to the definition of apartheid under the 1998 Rome Statute: “Inhumane acts ... committed in the context of an institutionalized regime of systematic oppression and domination by one racial group over any other racial group or groups and committed with the intention of maintaining that regime.” Israeli Arabs — 20 percent of Israel’s population — vote, have political parties and representatives in the Knesset and occupy positions of acclaim, including on its Supreme Court. Arab patients lie alongside Jewish patients in Israeli hospitals, receiving identical treatment.

To be sure, there is more de facto separation between Jewish and Arab populations than Israelis should accept. Much of it is chosen by the communities themselves. Some results from discrimination. But it is not apartheid, which consciously enshrines separation as an ideal. In Israel, equal rights are the law, the aspiration and the ideal; inequities are often successfully challenged in court. [...]

Read the rest as they say. I would like to add one other point that Goldstone does not discuss. Ultimately, discrimination--even severe and cruel discirmintaton--is quite common in the world. The degree of discrimination is not what made Apartheid so odious. Apartheid had to go because the white South Africans were such a small minority in such a large country. Control simply had to be wrested from their hands and vested in the hands of the people who comprised the country's significant population. Leftists who cast Jewish Israeilis as the White South Africans are actually seeking to deprive Israel's majority population of self-determination. That's what excites them about the Apartheid comparison--it provides a precedent for revoking a group's control of a country.

White South Africans, on one hand, were a small group who were not entitled to control the destiny of a large country. On the other hand, kicking a unique nationality and majority-population--Israeli Jewry--out of the driver's seat of its own destiny would lead quickly to ethnic cleansing. That is what is so insidious about the Apartheid-comparison: it whitewashes the ambition to ethnically cleanse. (h/t: EOZ)

Fars: "Iranian Basij Forces Stress Support for Occupy Wall Street Movement"

The Basij is a huge paramilitary force which plays a key role in suppressing dissidents and enforcing Islamic conformity in Iran. So they're the ultimate progressives:

Members of Iran's Basij (volunteer) force issued a statement in recent days to voice strong support for the American people's anti-capitalism movement.

"We have been watching the glory of your movement on Wall Street and have been appreciating your determination to bring into an end the one-percent supremacy," said the statement.

"Your movement ascertains us capitalism is already over. Having owned large-scale media and accompanied by force, batons and tear gas, capitalism has been striving to gloss over your protests; however, your resolve and perseverance to prove your role in the destiny of your country made their plots dead in the water and spread your truthful message all around the world. The cold weather you experienced all during this time not only didn't hinder the progress of your movement, but also made your faith in the truthfulness of the path you are in stronger," it added.

"Occupy Wall Street undoubtedly represents the oppressed voicing their protests against the oppressors. As in Islamic Iranian culture, defending the oppressed is presumed a divine task, we, as a group of Iranian Basij Force members, hereby announce our support for your glorious and decent movement and promise we shall never stop supporting your uprising.

"Upon following world's leading media, a group of Basij members noticed capital-based systems have tried to stop your message from spreading all around the globe and to misuse your movement through distributing distorted news of the movement in addition to adopting high censorship measures."

The statement continued, "Having looked into such circumstances as mentioned, our media team decided to open a website, as an attempt to provide the world with a truthful account of the events occurring in Wall Street. www.wsfall.com is undergoing the preparatory stages and will start within a few days to come."

"Establishing this website in both Persian and English was the least we, as Iranian youths in support of your movement, could do to help the true message of those protesting the capitalist system spread throughout the world."

"We wish to see your victory in overthrowing the capitalist system and hope the motivation created by Wall Street in European countries as well, will help establish a genuine democracy all around the world."

"Your union has sent the world the message of your persistence to overcome the supremacy of one-percent against the 99 percent. We ask all of you as our brothers and sisters to hold on the cause and to do your utmost to send it all over the globe; Never ever let East and West criminals to gain control over you again," the message concluded.

If you are tempted to investigate that URL, make sure you have a good anti-virus program.

New Qassam attack?

From Arutz7:

A Kassam rocket, launched by terrorists in Hamas-controlled Gaza, exploded, Sunday evening, in an open area of the Ashkelon Coast Council region.

No injuries or damage were reported. It was the second such attack in as many hours.

Only a Qassam 3 can go that far.