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| Hostilities flare up as rockets hit Israel from Gaza | Hostilities flare up as rockets hit Israel from Gaza |
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| Militants in the Gaza Strip have fired more than 150 rockets into Israel, the army says, prompting air strikes and tank fire on the Palestinian territory. | |
| Sirens went off as people rushed to shelters in southern Israel. Two Israelis were wounded and a Palestinian man was killed in the exchange. | |
| Four Palestinians, including two Hamas militants, were killed on Friday after an attack injured two Israeli soldiers. | Four Palestinians, including two Hamas militants, were killed on Friday after an attack injured two Israeli soldiers. |
| The flare-up followed a truce in the run-up to Israeli elections in April. | |
| It marks yet another increase in hostilities despite attempts by Egypt and the United Nations to broker a longer-term ceasefire, says the BBC's Tom Bateman in Jerusalem. | |
| Hamas has sought to ease an Israeli blockade of Gaza and accused Israel of failing to implement last month's truce deal. | |
| Israel says the tight blockade is needed to stop weapons reaching Gaza. | Israel says the tight blockade is needed to stop weapons reaching Gaza. |
| Saturday's rocket barrage sent Israelis scrambling for safety. A man in the town of Ashkelon and an elderly woman in Kiryat Gat, further east, were wounded, Israeli media say. | |
| The country's Iron Dome missile-defence system shot down dozens of the rockets, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said. | |
| The IDF said war planes targeted at least five sites in Gaza belonging to Hamas and Islamic Jihad militants. Tanks were also targeting militants, it said. | |
| Palestinian officials say a 22-year-old man has been killed and several injured. | Palestinian officials say a 22-year-old man has been killed and several injured. |
| The upsurge in violence began during weekly Friday protests by Palestinians opposed to the Israeli blockade. | The upsurge in violence began during weekly Friday protests by Palestinians opposed to the Israeli blockade. |
| A Palestinian gunman shot and wounded two Israeli soldiers at the boundary fence. | A Palestinian gunman shot and wounded two Israeli soldiers at the boundary fence. |
| The Israeli air strike in response killed two Hamas militants. Another two Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire at the fence. | The Israeli air strike in response killed two Hamas militants. Another two Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire at the fence. |
| Saturday's rockets attacks coincided with Palestinians burying the two militants. | Saturday's rockets attacks coincided with Palestinians burying the two militants. |
| "The resistance will continue to respond to the crimes by the occupation and it will not allow it to shed the blood of our people," Hamas spokesman Abdel-Latif al-Qanoua said in a statement on Saturday. He made no explicit claim for Hamas firing the rockets. | "The resistance will continue to respond to the crimes by the occupation and it will not allow it to shed the blood of our people," Hamas spokesman Abdel-Latif al-Qanoua said in a statement on Saturday. He made no explicit claim for Hamas firing the rockets. |
| Around two million Palestinians live in Gaza, which has suffered economically from the Israeli blockade as well as recent foreign aid cuts. | Around two million Palestinians live in Gaza, which has suffered economically from the Israeli blockade as well as recent foreign aid cuts. |