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Multiple Israeli strikes hit 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. |
There were no immediate reports of casualties. | There were no immediate reports of casualties. |
Four of the strikes took place near the town of Khan Younis, where two Israeli soldiers were killed in clashes with Palestinian fighters last week. | |
The Israeli strikes are the most serious for more than a year, says the BBC's Jon Donnison from Jerusalem. | |
'Retaliation' | |
Palestinian news agencies reported that Israeli aircraft dropped leaflets over parts of Gaza on Thursday warning residents of retaliation for last Friday's killings of the soldiers in Khan Younis. | |
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. | |
Hamas said police stations and training facilities were among the targets of Israel's overnight raids. | |
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. | |
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. |