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An Israeli man has been killed in the border town of Sderot by a Palestinian rocket fired from the Gaza Strip. | |
The 36-year-old man died in hospital after shrapnel hit him in the neck when a rocket landed near a swimming pool. | |
The armed wing of the Palestinian Hamas movement claimed responsibility for the strike, the AFP news agency reported. | |
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said a crackdown against Hamas - which has seen several days of air-strikes and arrests - would continue. | |
"No-one is immune," he told his Cabinet on Sunday. | |
On Saturday, five Palestinians died in air-strikes on several Hamas positions across the Gaza Strip. | |
Israel also arrested a second Hamas member of the Palestinian cabinet, Wasfi Kabaha. | |
The arrest follows the detention on Thursday of Education Minister Nasser al-Shaer and about 30 other officials. | |
Shalit link | |
More than 40 people have now died in 10 days of Israeli bombings in Gaza, which Israel says is aimed at stopping rocket attacks on its territory by militants. | |
One other Israeli civilian has been killed and 16 wounded by rockets fired into Israeli towns, particularly Sderot, in recent days. | |
According to the Israeli army, more than 230 rockets have been fired from Gaza in the last 12 days. | |
Meanwhile, Hamas has warned that any Israeli attack against the group's military or political leaders would make the release of Corp Gilat Shalit more uncertain. | Meanwhile, Hamas has warned that any Israeli attack against the group's military or political leaders would make the release of Corp Gilat Shalit more uncertain. |
Corp Shalit has not been heard from or seen since his capture in June 2006. | Corp Shalit has not been heard from or seen since his capture in June 2006. |