ISRAEL LAUNCHES GAZA AIR STRIKE ON 'HAMAS TARGET' (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Saturday, December 20, 2014, 12:01

Israel says Hamas was responsible for the rocket attack on Friday

Israeli aircraft have bombed a site in Gaza, in the first such action since the declaration of a truce in August.

The air strike was carried out on a Hamas facility in response to a rocket fired earlier from Gaza, a statement from the Israeli military said.

Residents of the Khan Yunis area in Gaza reported hearing two explosions, the Associated Press news agency said.

The August truce ended seven weeks of fighting that killed more than 2,200 people - most of them Palestinians.

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