Friday, 19 Apr 2013 03:44 AM
JERUSALEM — 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 cease-fire 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.
Islamist militants claimed responsibility for Wednesday's shooting, which
highlighted concerns about rising friction along that border since Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak's downfall in 2011.
Tensions have been on high since Israeli troops shot dead a Palestinian youth
in the occupied West Bank two weeks ago in confrontations with protesters
angered by the death in prison from cancer of 64-year-old Maysara Abu
Hamdeya.
Palestinian officials said Abu Hamdeya, jailed by Israel on charges of
involvement in a thwarted suicide bomb attack, had been denied timely medical
care. Israel denied any negligence.
© 2013 Thomson/Reuters.
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