Israeli airstrikes injure 7 Palestinians in Gaza

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GAZA CITY (Ma'an)

-- Seven Palestinians were injured early Friday when Israeli warplanes launched a series of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, a Ma'an reporter said.

Israeli aircraft attacked a site in northwest Gaza, lightly wounding a child and damaging a number of houses.

Additionally, two missiles targeted an abandoned building near Beisan park in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip, injuring civilians.

Israeli missiles also struck near a mosque north of Rafah in the southern Gaza strip, injuring four people.


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1. Israel strikes Gaza targets after rocket attack

Israel Air Force jets struck targets in the Gaza Strip early Friday morning, hours after a rocket fired from the coastal enclave hit southern Israel, causing no damage or injuries.

Israeli planes hit “a terror activity site and a weapon manufacturing facility in the northern Gaza strip and a weapon storage facility” in southern Gaza, according to a statement from the army.

Palestinian sources said seven people were injured in the air strikes.

In a statement from the IDF Spokesperson, the army said it views rocket fire as a grave act and will continue to forcefully combat any group waging terror against Israel.

No group has claimed responsibility for the rocket attack on southern Israel.

The air strikes were in retaliation for a rocket that struck southern Israel, near Netivot, Thursday night.

A Color Red alert was sounded in the area, but no injuries or damage were sustained. Residents of Netivot reported hearing a loud blast, but said no special directives were issued to them.

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