Related: Israeli woman killed by Palestinian rocket attack

    GAZA, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Several Palestinian militant groups claimed responsibility on Wednesday for launching several homemade rockets from northern Gaza Strip at the southern Israeli town of Sderot, killing at least one Israeli.

    Saraya al-Quds, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad (Holy War) said its militants fired one homemade rocket called "Quds 2" at Sderot, adding "the rocket hit its target successfully."

    An Israeli woman settler was reportedly killed Wednesday morning after home-made Palestinian rockets landed on Sderot, Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz said, adding another man was seriously wounded by the rocket firing and some residents in the town suffered form shock.

    Meanwhile, three Palestinian militant groups announced they have fired a number of rockets into Sderot city.

    Al-Quds Brigades, armed wing of the Islamic Jihad (Holy War) movement, "launched two mid-range rockets at the settlement at 8:05 a.m.", a Jihad spokesman told a local radio.

    Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades of the ruling Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) also issued a written statement, saying they have fired two rockets into the same town half an hour ahead of the Jihad attack.

    The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) also claimed its responsibility for launching two more rockets.

    In early November, Israel unleashed a major military offensive into northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun, saying the border town was the launching site of numerous rocket attacks against Israel,

    Instead of halting rocket firing by Palestinian militants, Israeli artillery shells killed some 19 civilians in Beit Hanoun on Nov. 8, which is the deadliest single attack on Palestinian civilians in the past several years.