Israel strikes Gaza in retaliation for rocket fire, military says
The Hindu
Tension between Israel and the Palestinians has risen over the past week, after six Palestinian militants escaped from a maximum security Israeli jail on September 6
Israel carried out airstrikes in the Gaza Strip on September 12 in response to Palestinian rocket fire into its territory, the Israeli military said. Tension between Israel and the Palestinians has risen over the past week, after six Palestinian militants escaped from a maximum security Israeli jail on September 6. Israeli forces have since captured four of the inmates. Drawing Israeli air strikes, Gaza militants fired a rocket into Israel on September 10 when two of the prisoners were apprehended and then again on September 11, after two more escaped inmates were caught. The Israeli military said it struck targets belonging to Hamas, the Islamist armed group that rules Gaza. There were no reports of casualties.
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