Two Rockets from Gaza Hit Israel
Palestinian militants in Gaza fired two rockets at southern Israel, which exploded in open fields early on Friday and caused no damage, a military spokesman told Agence France Presse.
"Two rockets hit the Sdot Negev region this morning. Nobody was hurt and there was no damage," he said.
Earlier this week, six Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire in Gaza, three by a tank shell east of Beit Hanun and three in an air strike on a car in the Al-Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza.
Palestinians said all of the dead were civilians. The Israeli military said it had targeted militants preparing strikes.
Palestinian militants have recently stepped up rocket fire on southern Israel, causing damage but no casualties.
Hardline Islamist members of a Salafist group have claimed responsibility for some of the attacks.
Despite an informal truce between Hamas and Israel, tensions flare periodically on the Gaza-Israel border, with militants firing rockets at Israel and the military launching retaliatory air strikes.
The last major flare-up was in June, when militants fired more than 150 rockets at southern Israel, wounding five people, and Israel hit back with air strikes that killed 15 Palestinians.
Source: Agence France Presse
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