Israeli jets hit Gaza after rocket fire into Israel
No reported casualties on either sideJERUSALEM: Israeli aircraft struck Hamas bases in Gaza early Friday, the military said, after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants hit a Jewish theological seminary in southern Israel. “Last night, a rocket was launched from the Gaza Strip into Israeli territory,” Friday’s military statement said. Israel strikes Hamas in Gaza, calling attack response to rocket fire“If the rocket had hit a few hours earlier there would have been a disaster,” former defence minister Amir Peretz, a Sderot resident, said in an interview on Friday with Israeli public radio. The Sderot incident came hours after Israeli warplanes bombed bunkers at a Hamas base in southern Gaza on Thursday, causing no casualties, according to a Palestinian security source. The Israeli army said on Friday it “holds Hamas responsible for all events transpiring within the Gaza Strip and emanating from it.”Read full story
Source: The Express Tribune June 14, 2019 10:07 UTC
