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Israeli warplanes strike Gaza in response to rocket attacks

Israel Materials 15 March 2012 04:13 (UTC +04:00)
Israeli aircraft Wednesday night hit a vacant area in southern Gaza city with missiles, witnesses and medical sources said.
Israeli warplanes strike Gaza in response to rocket attacks

Israeli aircraft Wednesday night hit a vacant area in southern Gaza city with missiles, witnesses and medical sources said, dpa reported.

Witnesses said that the Israeli aircraft hovered over Gaza city before two huge explosions were heard in southern Gaza city. Ambulances and rescue teams rushed to the scene, no injuries were reported.

On Tuesday night, Israeli warplanes also carried out two separate airstrikes on Gaza City, where a store was badly damaged in Gaza City. No injuries were reported.

Tuesday and Wednesday airstrikes on the coastal enclave, ruled by the Islamic Hamas movement, were an Israeli retaliation to rockets that Gaza militants had fired over the past two days.

The airstrikes came as Egypt brokered an understanding of calm between Israel and Gaza militants, including the Islamic Jihad movement.

The calm was reached following four days of fighting between the two sides, where 26 Palestinians were killed and more than 80 were wounded. Since Friday, militants fired more than 180 rockets on southern Israeli towns.

Israeli army officials said that its forces will retaliate for every rocket that is fired from Gaza, where militant leaders said they are ready to expand the range of rockets firing from the coastal enclave, ruled by Hamas, on Israel.

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