A rocket fired by Palestinian militants in the Hamas-controlled
Gaza Strip struck a house in southern Israel as cross-border
violence escalated after a six-month-old truce expired last
week.
No one was injured in the rocket attack in the town of Sderot,
which sits about two kilometres from the border with the Gaza
Strip, but rescue workers said a man was injured in a nearby
community by a mortar that hit the field he was working.
An Egyptian-brokered ceasefire reached in June between Israel and
Hamas Islamists who control the Gaza Strip came to an end on
Friday, though cross-border violence has been increasing for
weeks.
An Israeli air strike killed a Gaza militant on Saturday, and an
air strike destroyed a rocket launcher in northern Gaza on
Sunday.
The Islamic Jihad militant group has claimed responsibility for
most of the rocket fire. An Israeli military spokesman said at
least 49 rockets and mortars have been fired from the Gaza Strip at
Israel since the truce ended.
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