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Israel PM orders new Gaza strikes following rocket fire Israel launches Gaza strikes following rocket fire
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Israel's prime minister has ordered its military to launch strikes on the Gaza Strip following fresh rocket fire from militants there, officials say. Israel's military says it has carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip in response to fresh rocket fire, hours before a ceasefire was set to expire.
One Israeli official said "terror sites" would be targeted "in response to Hamas' violation of the truce". "Terror targets" were hit after three rockets were fired towards the towns of Beersheba and Netivot, officials said.
A five-day ceasefire was extended for 24 hours on Monday night while teams from both sides tried to negotiate a deal to end weeks of fighting. A five-day ceasefire was extended for 24 hours at midnight while delegations from both sides tried to negotiate a deal to end weeks of fighting.
More than 2,080 people have been killed since 8 July. More than 2,080 people, most of them Palestinians, have died since 8 July.
"This rocket attack was a grave and direct violation of the ceasefire," Mark Regev, a spokesman for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, told the Reuters news agency.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility from any of the Palestinian factions in Gaza, which is dominated by the Islamist movement Hamas.