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An Israeli aircraft has carried out an air strike against suspected Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, reportedly injuring one person. | An Israeli aircraft has carried out an air strike against suspected Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, reportedly injuring one person. |
Israel's military confirmed the strike after Palestinians reported a car explosion in the north. | Israel's military confirmed the strike after Palestinians reported a car explosion in the north. |
It follows a warning by Israeli PM Ehud Olmert that Israel would take action if Palestinian militants continued firing rockets into Israel from Gaza. | It follows a warning by Israeli PM Ehud Olmert that Israel would take action if Palestinian militants continued firing rockets into Israel from Gaza. |
Earlier a rocket landed near a nursery in southern Israel. No-one was hurt. | Earlier a rocket landed near a nursery in southern Israel. No-one was hurt. |
The Qassam rocket landed near a nursery school in the town of Sderot, in southern Israel. | |
Islamic Jihad said it carried out the Sderot attack. Three of the militant group's members were killed on Friday in a raid by Israeli troops in the West Bank. | |
New tension | |
Islamic Jihad also said its members were in the car, which was struck near the Jabaliya refugee camp area in the north of Gaza. | |
The group said one of its rocket units was on the way to a launch site when it was attacked. | The group said one of its rocket units was on the way to a launch site when it was attacked. |
Both men in the car escaped injury, but one bystander was injured, the Associated Press reported the group as saying. | Both men in the car escaped injury, but one bystander was injured, the Associated Press reported the group as saying. |
An Israeli army spokesman confirmed "an air raid in northern Gaza that targeted a vehicle that was carrying arms and was on its way to launch rockets". | An Israeli army spokesman confirmed "an air raid in northern Gaza that targeted a vehicle that was carrying arms and was on its way to launch rockets". |
Overnight, the Israeli army said it had detained six suspected Palestinian militants across the West Bank. | |
The Israeli army says a total of 11 rockets have been fired from Gaza since Friday. |