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Last update - 08:39 02/01/2010
Israel strikes Gaza targets after Grad rocket attack
By DPA and Haaretz Service
Tags: IDF strikes Gaza, Israel news 

The Israel Air Force bombed two smuggling tunnels in the Gaza Strip overnight Friday in response to a rocket fired by Gaza militants that hit the southern Israeli town of Netivot on Thursday evening.

Palestinian witnesses and medical sources said Israel struck several targets, wounding at least four people.

Witnesses said Israeli F16 fighter jets fired two missiles and tanks fired two shells that landed at empty areas east and northeast of Gaza City. They said huge explosions were heard in the area.
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Ambulances took four people to Gaza hospitals for medical treatment, according to medical sources. The four were lightly injured.

Meanwhile, residents said Israeli warplanes carried out a fifth raid on a post belonging to militants from the Islamic Hamas movement in the southeast of the Gaza Strip. No injuries were reported.

The strikes came hours after militants from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed responsibility for firing two Russian-made Grad missiles Thursday night from Gaza at southern Israel.

The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) also claimed responsibility Friday for firing four mortar Shells at Israeli army vehicles near the border between southeast Gaza and Israel. No injuries or damages were reported.

Israeli Radio reported earlier Friday that two Grad rockets fired from the Gaza Strip landed Thursday night in southern Israel, one hitting the southern town of Netivot.

The Color Red early warning system did not go off Thursday, giving residents no indication of the coming attack.

One woman suffered shock and no damage was reported.

This was the first such attack on Netivot in nine months. The last Grad rocket to hit the city exploded near a synagogue, causing some damage.

Netivot Mayor Yehiel Zohar contacted the Israel Defense Forces demanding to know why the early warning system failed to work.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu threatened this week that the Israel would respond to every single rocket by Gaza militants.

The escalation of violence between Israel and Gaza militants comes as Palestinians on December 27 marked one year since Israel's three-week-long military offensive in the Gaza Strip that left more than 1,400 people dead.

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  1.   the violation of international law continues 22:26  |  Jon 01/01/10
  2.   in gaza 23:11  |  Shmuelshachor 01/01/10
  3.   Israel Should Not Prosecute Civilians For Responding 23:27  |  Brad 01/01/10
  4.   More holes in empty fields. Bravo Israel! 03:26  |  EM 02/01/10
  5.   Holes in empty fields = Disobeying IDF Orders . 05:14  |  Joseph .E 02/01/10
  6.   Response 05:35  |  Jana 02/01/10
  7.   Why Waste the Gasoline 05:42  |  Ron 02/01/10
  8.   Self defence & deterrence against jihad=holes in empty fields 06:03  |  Joseph .E 02/01/10
  9.   laser painting face painters 08:19  |  Naftali Uzzi 02/01/10
  10.   Too little to make a difference 08:23  |  Chaim Ben Kahan 02/01/10
  11.   Another weak and useless response by a 09:10  |  Josiah J. Ben David 02/01/10
  12.   NOT GOOD ENOUGH 09:25  |  MJ 02/01/10
  13.   PFLP & IDF 09:27  |  Mark of Lewiston 02/01/10
  14.   Mark at least the Palestinians have a foolproof warning system 10:05  |  Peter Williams 02/01/10
  15.   For information 16:46  |  Sam Soul 02/01/10
  16.   For information 16:55  |  Sam Soul 02/01/10
  17.   The absurdity of the Israeli strike ... 17:16  |  Dutch 02/01/10
  18.   Another weak and useless response by a 17:43  |  Josiah J. Ben David 02/01/10
  19.   hamas and its supporters should have 17:46  |  syrian opinion 02/01/10
  20.   Reciprocal madness? 18:00  |  new_york_loner 02/01/10
  21.   #17 dutch 18:04  |  syrian opinion 02/01/10
  22.   absurdity of unlawful strike 18:07  |  es 02/01/10
  23.   10# Chaim Kahan is right 18:39  |  Israeliguy 02/01/10
  24.   Just send the army back in there!!! 18:48  |  Israeliguy 02/01/10
  25.   response to violation if international law 19:13  |  Yid 02/01/10
  26.   Re: send the army back in 19:20  |  es 02/01/10
  27.   18 Syrian , Gaza is still occupied under international law 19:27  |  Dutch 02/01/10
  28.   Why wait to strike tunnels? 22:03  |  Baruch Gold 02/01/10
  29.   Blockade an Act of War 23:37  |  End the Occupation 02/01/10
  30.   Dutch- Tell the Palestinians 00:29  |  Arnold 03/01/10
  31.   Israel 03:04  |  lindsay 03/01/10
  32.   PFLP enables Israeli Military strikes. 04:58  |  James Hovland 03/01/10
  33.   Terrorism back in control! 06:06  |  Mark Lincoln 03/01/10
  34.   You are quite wrong Mark of Lewiston 06:10  |  Mark Lincoln 03/01/10
  35.   In the end 06:19  |  Mark Lincoln 03/01/10
  36.   27 dutch 15:52  |  syrian opinion 03/01/10
  37.   #1 Jon. Blockade. A sanctioned violation of int`l law 02:44  |  Ron 05/01/10
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