Israel Carries Out Series Of Air Strikes On Gaza Strip
Israel fighter jets took to the skies early this morning to carry out a series of air strikes on the Gaza Strip, after militants in the Hamas-run territory reportedly fired a rocket into southern Israel.
Only one Palestinian was killed and as many as five others were wounded, Palestinian health officials said. Some of the pre-dawn strikes targeted an area east of Gaza City.
The rocket from Palestinian had been fired from the Gaza Strip into the southern Israeli town of Beersheba.
No-one was hurt in the rocket attack.
“We learned of the martyrdom of the youth Musa Shtawe, 29, who died of his injuries after a strike east of Gaza City,” Adham Abu Selmiya, spokesman for the Hamas-run emergency services in the Gaza Strip, is quoted as saying by the AFP news agency.
In the past few weeks the people of Israel have seen an increase in mortar and rocket fire from Gaza after months of relative calm.
Further south, two more raids were carried out east of Khan Yunis and on a tunnel under the border with Egypt near Rafah, Palestinian sources said.
Mr Abu Selmiya said “The raid in Rafah left three people injured, including a child.”
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