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Gaza Rockets Strike Israel

by Spark on Feb.28, 2009, under News, Spark Spot

gazaPalestinian militants in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip fired five rockets at Israel on Saturday, according to the Israeli military,further straining a fragile month-old ceasefire.

No one was killed or wounded in the attacks, with two of the rockets striking near the Israeli town of Ashkelon. Palestinian militants have fired more than 100 rockets and mortar rounds at Israel since the fragile January 18 truce that ended Israel’s massive military offensive on Gaza, which killed more than 1,300 Palestinians and 13 Israelis.

Israel has in turn carried out several air raids targeting alleged militants, weapons caches and smuggling tunnels beneath the Gaza-Egypt border. Egypt has been struggling to mediate a more permanent ceasefire between the two sides in recent weeks but the talks have shown little sign of progress.

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