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| Rockets Are Fired From Gaza Into Israel After Killing of Palestinian Fighters | Rockets Are Fired From Gaza Into Israel After Killing of Palestinian Fighters |
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| JERUSALEM — Palestinian militants in Gaza launched an intense and sustained rocket and mortar attack across much of southern Israel on Monday, in retaliation for the killing of seven fighters by Israeli forces in what was apparently a botched covert operation in Gaza the night before. | JERUSALEM — Palestinian militants in Gaza launched an intense and sustained rocket and mortar attack across much of southern Israel on Monday, in retaliation for the killing of seven fighters by Israeli forces in what was apparently a botched covert operation in Gaza the night before. |
| More than 200 rockets and mortars were fired into Israel in the first two hours, an unusually heavy rate of fire. | More than 200 rockets and mortars were fired into Israel in the first two hours, an unusually heavy rate of fire. |
| Israeli aircraft struck back, hitting targets in Gaza. | Israeli aircraft struck back, hitting targets in Gaza. |
| By 6 p.m., the authorities in Gaza said two Palestinians — both men in their 20s who were junior members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — had been killed in Israeli airstrikes and three others injured. Twelve Israelis were reported injured in the rocket and mortar attacks, including a 19-year-old man who was seriously wounded when a bus was struck just outside Gaza by what the militant group Hamas said was a guided missile. | By 6 p.m., the authorities in Gaza said two Palestinians — both men in their 20s who were junior members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — had been killed in Israeli airstrikes and three others injured. Twelve Israelis were reported injured in the rocket and mortar attacks, including a 19-year-old man who was seriously wounded when a bus was struck just outside Gaza by what the militant group Hamas said was a guided missile. |
| The Israeli military ordered all residents in the south, including in the cities of Ashdod and Beersheba, to remain in bomb shelters. There were reports that homes had been struck and residents injured in Netivot and Sderot, Israeli towns near northern Gaza. Air-raid sirens were heard as far away as Hebron and the Dead Sea area. | The Israeli military ordered all residents in the south, including in the cities of Ashdod and Beersheba, to remain in bomb shelters. There were reports that homes had been struck and residents injured in Netivot and Sderot, Israeli towns near northern Gaza. Air-raid sirens were heard as far away as Hebron and the Dead Sea area. |
| The escalation came hours after Palestinians and Israelis buried combatants who were killed on Sunday night, after what Israeli news media described as an Israeli intelligence mission inside the Gaza Strip that went awry. | The escalation came hours after Palestinians and Israelis buried combatants who were killed on Sunday night, after what Israeli news media described as an Israeli intelligence mission inside the Gaza Strip that went awry. |
| Six Hamas fighters, including a commander of forces in the Khan Younis area, and a member of the Popular Resistance Committees, another armed faction, were killed. An Israeli Druze lieutenant colonel in the elite Maglan unit, a commando brigade, was killed in the clash, and was hailed as a national hero at his funeral Monday. | Six Hamas fighters, including a commander of forces in the Khan Younis area, and a member of the Popular Resistance Committees, another armed faction, were killed. An Israeli Druze lieutenant colonel in the elite Maglan unit, a commando brigade, was killed in the clash, and was hailed as a national hero at his funeral Monday. |
| Hamas, the group that governs Gaza, said in a statement that it was collaborating on the strikes against Israel with rival factions including Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Popular Resistance Committees and several other armed groups. | Hamas, the group that governs Gaza, said in a statement that it was collaborating on the strikes against Israel with rival factions including Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the Popular Resistance Committees and several other armed groups. |
| The groups called the barrage “a measured and carefully thought response to last night’s incident,” and warned Israel that “the range and intensity of fire from Gaza will increase in accordance with the volume of the Israeli response.” | The groups called the barrage “a measured and carefully thought response to last night’s incident,” and warned Israel that “the range and intensity of fire from Gaza will increase in accordance with the volume of the Israeli response.” |
| The sky over Gaza City was streaked with rocket trails beginning about 4:40 p.m. By 5:20, the Israeli military said it had tracked 80 launches from Gaza, some of which were intercepted by its Iron Dome air defense system. | The sky over Gaza City was streaked with rocket trails beginning about 4:40 p.m. By 5:20, the Israeli military said it had tracked 80 launches from Gaza, some of which were intercepted by its Iron Dome air defense system. |
| In a sign of its respect for the Palestinian rockets’ range, Israel began opening bomb shelters as far as 25 miles from the Gaza border. | In a sign of its respect for the Palestinian rockets’ range, Israel began opening bomb shelters as far as 25 miles from the Gaza border. |