The deputy to Hamas' leader-in-exile has visited the Gaza Strip for the first time in nearly 20 years, Palestinian and Egyptian officials said on Saturday. Moussa Abu Marzouk, deputy to Damascus-based Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, entered the Hamas-controlled territory on Friday through the Rafah crossing with Egypt and left a few hours later, the officials said.
Meanwhile, Israel's military said a rocket fired from Gaza crashed into a school in the southern Israeli coastal town of Ashkelon on Saturday. An army spokesman said the school was closed, averting injuries. Another rocket fired on Saturday morning crashed into an open field close to Ashkelon.
