Israeli Aircraft Strike Gaza as Militants Launch Rockets
Sunday, March 08, 2009
AP
March 1: Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, second from right, arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem.
March 1: Outgoing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, second from right, arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem.
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Hamas security officials say Israeli aircraft targeted a Gaza City warehouse in a nighttime airstrike.
The officials say the warehouse was empty and no one was injured.
The Israeli military confirms the strike, saying the target was used by militants as a weapons warehouse. The military says aircraft also struck two smuggling tunnels under the Egypt-Gaza border.
Palestinian militants launched a rocket and a mortar shell into Israel on Sunday, causing no injuries.
Rocket fire by Gaza militants and Israeli retaliatory airstrikes have become nearly daily occurrences. Israel halted a military offensive aimed at ending the rocket fire on Jan. 18, but sporadic violence persists as Egypt-mediated talks on a long-term truce have failed to yield results.
