Gaza militant rocket hits Israel, Israel responds with air strike, shells

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

WORLD NEWS | Sun Aug 21, 2016 10:33am EDT

Gaza militant rocket hits Israel, Israel responds with air strike, shells

Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip launched a rocket that landed in the Israeli border town of Sderot on Sunday and Israeli aircraft and tanks responded by shelling the Gaza town of Beit Hanoun, the army and police said.

The rocket caused no injuries or damage in Sderot, where it landed in a residential area, police said. An Israeli shell damaged a Beit Hanoun water tower and there were no casualties, local residents said.

The Israeli army said aircraft and tanks had targeted two Hamas posts belonging to Islamist Hamas militants.

Hamas controls the Gaza Strip and has observed a de-facto ceasefire with Israel since a 2014 war but some small armed cells of Jihadist Salafis have defied the agreement and have continued to occasionally launch rockets at Israel.

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[ericson00]

1. Given that each of those rockets can kill at least one person

and are intended to do just that, GOOD!

[Warren DeMontague]

2. so don't fire the rockets.

problem solved.

[Little Tich]

3. I bet there are a lot of people in Gaza scratching their heads right now,

wondering why on earth Israel attacked Hamas when they're not even involved and also enemies of the jihadists who launched the rocket. Even though it looks like incompetence to launch a counterattack on those who were not involved, it's probably part of an IDF plan somehow. I really hope it is.