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| Gaza militants fire rockets into south Israel | Gaza militants fire rockets into south Israel |
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| Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have fired about 35 mortar shells and rockets into southern Israel. | Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have fired about 35 mortar shells and rockets into southern Israel. |
| The projectiles landed in fields in the Eshkol region and near Kerem Shalom. No injuries were reported. | The projectiles landed in fields in the Eshkol region and near Kerem Shalom. No injuries were reported. |
| The military wings of Hamas, which governs Gaza, and Islamic Jihad said the rockets were fired in response to an Israeli air strike on Sunday. | The military wings of Hamas, which governs Gaza, and Islamic Jihad said the rockets were fired in response to an Israeli air strike on Sunday. |
| Five civilians and two militants were injured when a missile hit a motorbike in the town of Rafah, in southern Gaza. | Five civilians and two militants were injured when a missile hit a motorbike in the town of Rafah, in southern Gaza. |
| The Israeli military said it had targeted two members of "global jihadist" groups which were suspected of involvement in a cross-border attack from Egypt in June that left one Israeli dead. | |
| 'Zionist crimes' | 'Zionist crimes' |
| Shrapnel from the mortars and rockets fired into southern Israel on Monday caused some damage to at least one building in Eshkol. | Shrapnel from the mortars and rockets fired into southern Israel on Monday caused some damage to at least one building in Eshkol. |
| Afterwards, the local authorities asked residents to stay close to shelters. | Afterwards, the local authorities asked residents to stay close to shelters. |
| Hamas's military wing, the Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades, and that of Islamic Jihad, the al-Quds Brigades, announced that the rocket fire was a response to "Zionist crimes". | Hamas's military wing, the Izz al-Din Qassam Brigades, and that of Islamic Jihad, the al-Quds Brigades, announced that the rocket fire was a response to "Zionist crimes". |
| "In response to the injury of civilians in the most recent strike on Rafah, the Qassam Brigades and the al-Quds Brigades fired a number of rockets at enemy military positions," a statement said. | "In response to the injury of civilians in the most recent strike on Rafah, the Qassam Brigades and the al-Quds Brigades fired a number of rockets at enemy military positions," a statement said. |
| Hamas has not acknowledged launching rockets at Israel since June. | Hamas has not acknowledged launching rockets at Israel since June. |
| Later, a spokesman for the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza told the AFP news agency that an Israeli tank shell had landed east of Khan Younis, injuring three people, one of them seriously. | Later, a spokesman for the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza told the AFP news agency that an Israeli tank shell had landed east of Khan Younis, injuring three people, one of them seriously. |
| Hospital officials told the Reuters news agency that one of those hurt was an Islamic Jihad militant thought to have been behind the rocket fire. |