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Israel/Palestine

oberliner

(58,724 posts) Fri Apr 19, 2013, 03:27 AM Apr 2013

Rockets strike Israel from Gaza: reports

(Reuters) - Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip struck inside Israel after nightfall on Thursday, causing no damage or injury, Israeli media reports said.

The Ynet and Haaretz news websites said the rockets fell in open areas. The Israeli military was checking the reports. There were no immediate claims of responsibility issued from Gaza.

Islamist militants in Hamas-ruled Gaza have fired intermittently at Israel in the past month despite a ceasefire reached after an eight day conflict in November. Israel has vowed to prevent these shootings and often retaliates for rocket fire by bombing militant targets in Gaza.

The attack came a day after rockets fired from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula struck the southern port city of Eilat causing no injury.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/18/us-palestinians-israel-idUSBRE93H1BZ20130418