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Gaza militant rocket hits Israel, Israel responds with air strike, shells
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS | Sun Aug 21, 2016 10:33am EDT
Gaza militant rocket hits Israel, Israel responds with air strike, shells
Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip launched a rocket that landed in the Israeli border town of Sderot on Sunday and Israeli aircraft and tanks responded by shelling the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, the army and police said.
The rocket caused no injuries or damage in Sderot, where it landed in a residential area, police said. An Israeli shell damaged a Beit Hanoun water tower and there were no casualties, local residents said.
The Israeli army said aircraft and tanks had targeted two Hamas posts belonging to Islamist Hamas militants.
Hamas controls the Gaza Strip and has observed a de-facto ceasefire with Israel since a 2014 war but some small armed cells of Jihadist Salafis have defied the agreement and have continued to occasionally launch rockets at Israel.
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Gaza militant rocket hits Israel, Israel responds with air strike, shells
Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip launched a rocket that landed in the Israeli border town of Sderot on Sunday and Israeli aircraft and tanks responded by shelling the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, the army and police said.
The rocket caused no injuries or damage in Sderot, where it landed in a residential area, police said. An Israeli shell damaged a Beit Hanoun water tower and there were no casualties, local residents said.
The Israeli army said aircraft and tanks had targeted two Hamas posts belonging to Islamist Hamas militants.
Hamas controls the Gaza Strip and has observed a de-facto ceasefire with Israel since a 2014 war but some small armed cells of Jihadist Salafis have defied the agreement and have continued to occasionally launch rockets at Israel.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-israeli-palestinians-rocket-idUSKCN10W0HZ
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