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Israel responds to rocket fire from Gaza with airstrike

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Israel‘s military says its aircraft hit Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip after militants there fired rockets at southern Israel.

The military said it struck “a terrorist weapon storage facility and a Hamas training installation” early Sunday. Gaza health officials said nobody was hurt.

The military said it was responding to Gaza rockets fired at Israel the night before that landed in an open field causing no injuries.

Gaza attacks on Israel have declined since a military campaign in November, but sporadic fire persists.

Israel holds Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers responsible for all attacks from the territory.

A shadowy extremist Muslim Salafi group was behind recent attacks, including one last month.

Hamas sees the Salafis as a threat to its rule while Salafis view Hamas as too moderate.

Source: FULL ARTICLE at Fox World News

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Israel responds to Gaza rocket fire with airstrike

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Israel‘s military says its aircraft hit Hamas targets in Gaza after militants there fired rockets at southern Israel.

The military said it struck “a terrorist weapon storage facility and a Hamas training installation” early Sunday. Gaza health officials said nobody was hurt.

The military said it was responding to Gaza rockets fired at Israel the night before that landed in an open field causing no injuries.

Gaza attacks on Israel have declined since a military campaign in November, but sporadic fire persists.

Israel holds Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers responsible for all attacks from the territory.

A shadowy extremist Muslim Salafi group was behind recent attacks, including one last month.

Hamas sees the Salafis as a threat to its rule while Salafis view Hamas as too moderate.

Source: FULL ARTICLE at Fox World News

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Israel: Gaza militants fired from Sinai last week

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Israel‘s prime minister is accusing Gaza militants of carrying out a rocket attack from Egypt’s Sinai desert on a southern Israeli resort last week.

Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that “the shooters were apparently a terror squad that left Gaza and used Sinai territory to attack a city in Israel.” He called the attack unacceptable and said Israel will charge a “heavy price.”

A shadowy extremist Muslim Salafi group claimed responsibility for firing two rockets at Eilat. Nobody was hurt.

Islamic militants, some inspired by al-Qaida, have increased activity in Sinai since Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was ousted in 2011. There are dozens of smuggling tunnels under the Sinai-Gaza border.

Hamas routinely arrests Salafi activists. Hamas sees them as a threat to its rule, while Salafis consider Hamas as too moderate.

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