For the first time Qassam rockets target Israeli offshore gas rig

Two Qassam rockets were fired at an Israeli offshore natural gas rig at noon Wednesday, the Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, announced.

It said that the gas rig was 26 kilometers away from the Gaza shores, noting that it was the first time such an offshore station was targeted.

The armed wing said that it also fired nine mortar shells at Erez military outpost and six Qassam rockets at Sderot and Ashdod.