South Israel rocket attack, Iron Dome, militant rocket lands in WBank

(20 Nov 2012) Ashdod, southern Israel 1. Police trying to clear area where rocket from Gaza hit 2. Various of residents close to police cordon 3. Wide of resident standing on balcony with shattered glass 4. Various of emergency services at scene 5. SOUNDBITE (English) Lily Dan, local resident: "What's happened is a missile fell here and we are all scared, shaking, and all the kids around come to see what happened, all the apartment buildings shake." 6. Various of crowds of residents and ambulance Southern Israel 7. Launch of three missiles from Iron Dome rocket-defence system; tracking shot into sky of Iron Dome missiles, one missile misses target and hits the ground 8. Mid of missile with smoke rising on ground Zurif, West Bank - 20 November 2012 9. Close of hole in ground where rocket fired from Gaza towards Jerusalem is believed to have landed 10. Security forces inspecting hole 11. Close of rocket debris 12. Close of road sign 13. Various of security at scene 14. Close of hole created by rocket 15. Various of security at scene STORYLINE A rocket hit the southern Israeli town of Ashdod on Tuesday, sending panicked residents into the street. Emergency services cordoned off the area as local residents poured into the street to take a look. According to one resident, homes in the area were shaken by the exploding rocket. Also on Tuesday, Israel's much vaunted Iron Dome rocket-defence system suffered a setback when one of the missiles failed to intercept a rocket fired from Gaza and instead crashed into the ground. Elsewhere, residents of Jerusalem ran for cover on Tuesday when Palestinians fired a rocket toward the holy city for the second time since the fighting started last Wednesday. The rocket, which set off sirens in the city, landed harmlessly in an open area on the outskirts in one of the longest rocket strikes fired from Gaza. A police spokesman said the rocket landed in a collection of Jewish West Bank settlements southeast of the city. Last Friday's attempt to hit Jerusalem, nearly 80 kilometres (50 miles) from Gaza, landed in the same area. No one was wounded in either attack. Jerusalem had previously been considered beyond the range of Gaza rockets - and an unlikely target because it is home to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam's third-holiest shrine. By Tuesday, 128 Palestinians, including at least 54 civilians, were killed since Israel began an air onslaught that has so far included nearly 1,500 strikes. Some 840 people have been wounded, including 225 children, Gaza health officials said. Three Israeli civilians have also been killed and dozens wounded since the fighting began last week, the numbers possibly kept down by a rocket-defence system that Israel developed with US funding. More than 1,000 rockets have been fired at Israel this week, the military said. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...