Palestine

The Israeli army carried out several airstrikes on the Gaza Strip last night. They were in response to a rocket that Palestinian militants fired into Israel from Gaza last night. No injuries were reported in the new outbreak of violence, the umpteenth in recent weeks. According to the Israeli army, several buildings in the Gaza Strip where rockets were produced were attacked last night. Those production lines would be in the hands of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist militant movement that controls the Gaza Strip. News agencies reported several powerful explosions, and the impacts lighted up the night sky. However, there would have been no injuries. Last night's Israeli airstrikes were in response to a rocket fired at Israel from Gaza. The Israeli anti-aircraft system was able ...