Palestinians in Gaza fire rockets at Israel: army

AFP  |  Jerusalem 

Palestinians in the Strip fired two rockets at southern today, the said in a statement without giving further details.

State-owned Kan 11 TV said nobody was injured, despite one of the rockets apparently hitting a house.


The attacks ended a three-day lull in the latest wave of rocket attacks amid anger over US Donald Trump's December 6 recognition of as the capital of

On Wednesday Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system intercepted two rockets fired from while a third came down inside Israeli territory.

Early Thursday morning Israeli aircraft hit three "military facilities" of the Islamist group in

Militants in the Palestinian enclave have fired both rockets and mortar rounds into since Trump's deeply controversial announcement.

Trump's announcement was followed by protests across the Palestinian territories, with six Gazans killed -- four in clashes with Israeli forces along the border and two militants in an Israeli air strike in retaliation for rocket fire.

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First Published: Mon, December 18 2017. 01:55 IST