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JERUSALEM – Israel on Thursday intercepted a rocket fired at southern Israel from Gaza, the Hamas targets in the coastal strip, killing three militant Hamas.
An army statement said nine rocket launches were identified overnight.
Wednesday's shelling of Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip.
Fawzi Barhoum, a spokesman for the militant Hamas group which rules the Gaza Strip, said the three killed men were members of the Islamist organization's armed forces.
Hours after Wednesday's incident, air raid sirens sounded across communities in southern Israel.
The cross-border exchange took place in the Gaza Strip in the Gaza Strip.
The Israel-Gaza border has seen an escalation in violence in recent weeks Islamic militant Hamas
Over 130 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli gunfire since the protests began on March 30. A Palestinian sniper killed an Israeli soldier along the bo rder last Friday.
Israel and Hamas have fought three wars in the past decade.
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