Sderot, Israel - Gaza Rockets Hit Town During U.N. Visit

Sderot, Israel - Palestinian'sin Gaza fired rockets into an Israeli town during a visit by the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, critically wounding one person.

Commissioner Louise Arbour, on a tour of the Palestinian territories and Israel, was unhurt in the attack in Sderot. "They (the rockets) landed a few hundred yards away from where we were," said Christopher Gunness, a U.N. spokesman who accompanied Arbour on the visit to the town. "She was in a car but the delegation had parked very briefly when we heard very loud explosions. There were two plumes of smoke," he said.
The Magen David Adom ambulance service said a factory worker was critically wounded.

Izz el-Deen al-Qassam from Hamas, said it launched the makeshift rockets at Sderot and had not known Arbour would be there.