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Israel hits back after Gaza rockets Israel hits back after Gaza rockets
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Israeli warplanes have attacked targets in the Gaza Strip after missiles were fired into southern Israel late on Sunday night. Israeli warplanes have attacked targets in Gaza after missiles were fired into southern Israel on Sunday night.
At least six rockets were fired from northern Gaza, but no damage or injury was reported. At least six rockets had been fired from northern Gaza. Two were intercepted, the military said.
Hours later, Israeli aircraft hit three areas, a BBC reporter said. Hours later, Israeli aircraft hit at least three sites used by militants in the Gaza Strip, Israel said. No injuries were reported by either side.
The reason for the flare-up is unclear but sources blame tension in Gaza after an Islamic Jihad leader was killed by Hamas police on Saturday. The rocket fire followed a rise in tensions in Gaza after a militant died in a shoot-out with Palestinian police.
Raed Qassim Jundeyeih, 32, died after he was shot during a gun battle involving police and members of his family. Unconfirmed reports said he was a commander of the militant group's military wing, the Al-Quds brigades. The Islamic Jihad faction says Raed Qassim Jundeyeih, a commander of its military wing, was killed on Saturday by police from Gaza's governing Hamas movement, while Hamas says Jundeyeih was killed by a bullet fired from his own weapon.
Islamic Jihad were believed to have been behind Sunday night's rocket attack on Israel, which came after a period of relative calm. Islamic Jihad are believed to have been behind Sunday night's rocket attack on Israel, which came after a period of relative calm.
Sirens blared in a number of areas of southern Israel and Israeli media said two of the missiles, thought to be Grad rockets, were intercepted by the Iron Dome system in the Ashkelon area.Sirens blared in a number of areas of southern Israel and Israeli media said two of the missiles, thought to be Grad rockets, were intercepted by the Iron Dome system in the Ashkelon area.
Israeli planes launched an attack in the early hours of Monday. BBC reporter Rushdi Abualouf said they hit three targets belonging to both Hamas and Islamic Jihad and there were no reports of casualties. Israeli planes launched attacks in the early hours of Monday.
The first strike targeted an Islamic Jihad training facility in Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip. An Israeli army statement said "sites of terrorist infrastructure including two weapon storage facilities in the central Gaza Strip and a rocket launch site in the southern Gaza Strip" were targeted with "accurate strikes".
The other attacks were on security compounds for the Hamas-run government, our correspondent said. BBC reporter Rushdi Abualouf said the sites hit belonged to both Hamas and Islamic Jihad.
An Israeli army spokesman said weapons storage sites and a rocket-launching site were among the targets. Israel has said it holds Hamas responsible for all attacks emanating from the territory.