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GAZA / JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli jets hit targets in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after a rocket was fired by Palestinian militants on a house in Beersheba town in southern Israel. , announced the Israeli army.
A medical official told Israeli radio that three people were taken to the hospital after the rocket hit the house. Residents of the Gaza Strip said that jet aircraft had targeted eight locations. The army said that another rocket had been launched from Gaza and had fallen to the sea.
Officials from the Gaza Ministry of Health said three people were injured during an Israeli air strike against an armed training camp in Rafah, south of the coastal strip. No serious injuries have been reported in Israel.
Tensions along the Israel-Gaza border have been raging for months as Palestinian militants launch fireballs and kites through the security fence.
Israeli leaders have warned that they are ready to step up their military action against Gaza to limit attacks and demonstrations. Israel and Hamas, who control Gaza, waged war in 2014.
According to figures from the Palestinian Ministry of Health, about 200 Gazans have been killed by Israeli troops since protests began on the border on March 30.
The Israeli army said protesters threw stones, explosive devices, firebombs and grenades on Friday. Health officials in Gaza said seven Palestinians were killed when Israeli troops opened fire on a group that had crossed the fence.
Israel has been condemned by the international community for its use of lethal force, but claims to be protecting its borders and its civilian population.
After the last strikes, a video footage of Beersheba, located about 40 km from the Gaza Strip, shows extensive damage to a concrete and stone house in a residential street.
Still photos broadcast on Israeli channel 2 showed large black plumes of smoke rising from various parts of the Gaza Strip.
An Egyptian security delegation went to the Gaza Strip to try to restore calm.
The Israeli army chief cut a visit to the United States and returned home. Schools should be closed in Beersheba for the day, the newspaper reported.
According to Israeli reports, Israel closed the commercial and pedestrian crossing in the Gaza Strip and reduced the fishing limit to three miles.
Israel withdrew its troops and settlers from Gaza in 2005, but maintains strict control of its land and sea borders, citing security concerns. Egypt also restricts movement of entry and exit from Gaza to its border.
(Report by Nidal al-Mughrabi, written by Ori Lewis, edited by Nick Macfie)
