Egypt: Gaza militants initiated rocket attack on Eilat, Aqaba

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Gaza militants may be behind rockets that hit Israel and Jordan on Monday, Egypt's official news agency quoted a security source as saying on Wednesday, but Hamas said there was no evidence to support the claim.

Rockets from Egypt's Sinai desert peninsula, where Islamist militants have operated in the past, hit Israel's and Jordan's Red Sea ports, killing a Jordanian civilian and injuring three others, Jordanian and Israeli police said.

"The preliminary information that the security has received indicates that Palestinian factions from the Gaza Strip are behind that operation," the unnamed Egyptian source told the state MENA agency.

Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri criticised the Egyptian claim, calling it politically motivated. "This sounds silly and does not depend on any actual reasonable evidence," he said.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/egypt-gaza-militants-initiated-rocket-attack-on-eilat-aqaba-1.305965