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At least four people are reported to have died in an Israeli strike on a Hamas-run police station in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. | |
The Israeli military said in a statement it had targeted a rocket crew position in southern Gaza. | |
It said it attacked a "terrorist position in response to rocket and mortar attacks from the Gaza Strip on localities in southern Israel". | |
Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in June, ousting its Fatah rivals. | |
Islam Shahwan, a Hamas security spokesman, was quoted by AP news agency as telling a radio station: "The Zionist enemy have been keep an eye on the Palestinian people, and they decided to target a police station in Khan Younis." | |
Israel has carried out several air strikes inside Gaza in recent months in retaliation for almost daily rocket attacks on Israel by Palestinian militants. |