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| Israeli air strikes target Gaza | Israeli air strikes target Gaza |
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| Israeli warplanes have carried out at least 13 air strikes on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources have told the BBC. | Israeli warplanes have carried out at least 13 air strikes on the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources have told the BBC. |
| They said several of the strikes took place in Gaza, with the rest hitting the towns of Khan Younis and Rafah. | They said several of the strikes took place in Gaza, with the rest hitting the towns of Khan Younis and Rafah. |
| There were no immediate reports of casualties. | There were no immediate reports of casualties. |
| Last week, Israeli tanks advanced briefly into the Gaza Strip following clashes in which two Israeli soldiers and two Palestinian militants died. | |
| They were the first Israeli soldiers to be killed in hostile fire in Gaza in over a year. | |
| The military wing of Hamas claim responsibility for those attacks. | |
| Fresh violence | |
| The latest strikes - which took place overnight on Thursday - appear to be the most serious air strikes in Gaza in over a year, says the BBC's Jon Donnison reports from Jerusalem. | |
| Four of the air strikes took place near the central town of Khan Younis, near the site of last week's clash. | Four of the air strikes took place near the central town of Khan Younis, near the site of last week's clash. |
| Hamas says police stations and training facilities are among the targets. | |
| Militants in the Gaza Strip have recently stepped up rocket fire directed at Israel. | Militants in the Gaza Strip have recently stepped up rocket fire directed at Israel. |
| On Wednesday, they fired a rocket into an empty field in southern Israel, but there were no reports of casualties or damage, military sources said. | On Wednesday, they fired a rocket into an empty field in southern Israel, but there were no reports of casualties or damage, military sources said. |
| Tensions in the region are running high after a recent Israeli government announcement of plans to build 1,600 new homes for Jewish people in East Jerusalem, which the Palestinians want as a capital of a future state. | Tensions in the region are running high after a recent Israeli government announcement of plans to build 1,600 new homes for Jewish people in East Jerusalem, which the Palestinians want as a capital of a future state. |