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Hamas vows revenge after Israeli air strikes on Gaza Hamas vows revenge after Israeli air strikes on Gaza
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The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas has promised that Israel will "pay a tremendous price" after eight militants were killed overnight in Gaza. The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas has promised revenge after Israeli air strikes in Gaza overnight.
Five died after a missile reportedly struck a smuggling tunnel near Rafah. Hamas said one strike near Rafah killed five of its fighters, but the Israeli military said the men appeared to have died after handling explosives in a tunnel that had been hit on Thursday.
The Israeli military said it had hit "terror sites and concealed rocket launchers" in response to rocket and mortar fire from the coastal territory. Despite this, Israel said it expected the situation in Gaza to deteriorate.
Tensions have risen since a Palestinian youth was killed in apparent reprisal for the murder of three Israelis.Tensions have risen since a Palestinian youth was killed in apparent reprisal for the murder of three Israelis.
On Sunday, Israeli police said they had arrested six Jewish suspects in connection with the death of Mohammed Abu Khdair last week.On Sunday, Israeli police said they had arrested six Jewish suspects in connection with the death of Mohammed Abu Khdair last week.
'Unacceptable rocket fire' The Israeli military said early on Monday it had hit "terror sites and concealed rocket launchers" in response to rocket and mortar fire from Gaza.
Hamas's military wing, the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said Israeli aircraft had targeted a "resistance location" in the southern city of Rafah. Hamas's military wing, the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said Israeli aircraft had targeted a "resistance location" near the southern city of Rafah, believed to be a reference to the tunnel.
It initially said six of its members had died, but sources later told the BBC that one man was still alive.It initially said six of its members had died, but sources later told the BBC that one man was still alive.
Medical staff said a smuggling tunnel near the border with Egypt had been hit by a missile. Israeli military spokesman Lt Col Peter Lerner said the tunnel where the men died had been bombarded on Thursday.
But some Israeli media quoted defence officials as saying the tunnel might have collapsed as a result of the militants' explosives detonating accidentally. He said the militants were killed as they went into the tunnel on Sunday to assess the damage and meddled with some explosives, which were apparently detonated accidentally.
The Qassam Brigades also said a drone had attacked a site in northern Gaza, killing one fighter, while two other militants were killed in a separate strike east of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza. The Israeli military believes the militants planned to use the tunnels to infiltrate Israel, kill or abduct residents of nearby communities and troops.
The Israeli military said it had carried out strikes on at least 14 locations in retaliation for at least 58 rockets and mortars that had been fired at southern Israel since Sunday. The Qassam Brigades said a drone had also attacked a site in northern Gaza on Sunday, killing one fighter, while two other militants were killed in a separate strike east of the Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza.
Lt Col Peter Lerner, an Israeli military spokesman, said the rocket fire was "unacceptable". Col Lerner said the air strikes would continue in order to "incapacitate the Hamas terror infrastructure" and stop rocket fire from Gaza.
"We will continue to act in order to debilitate and incapacitate the Hamas terror infrastructure," he said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's response to the rockets has been criticised as too weak by his Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
He added that strikes would continue on "warehouses, rocket manufacturing capabilities and those that endanger the well-being of the Israelis in the south of the country". On Monday Mr Lieberman said his Yisrael Beitenu party was scrapping a 20-month alliance with Mr Netanyahu's Likud party as a result.
Later, the Israeli military said another three concealed rocket launchers in northern Gaza had been targeted. Meanwhile, Mr Netanyahu's office said that he had spoken to Mohammed Abu Khdair's father, Hussein, offering his condolences and promising to bring to justice those who killed him.
It came after a rocket struck near the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on Monday morning and an Israeli military patrol came under attack near the security fence along the border with Gaza.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's response to rocket fire from Gaza has been criticised as too weak by his foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman. On Monday Mr Lieberman said his Yisrael Beitenu party was scrapping a 20-month alliance with Mr Netanyahu's Likud party as a result.
'Abhorrent murder'
Meanwhile, Mr Netanyahu's office said that he had spoken with Mohammed Abu Khdair's father, Hussein, offering his condolences and promising to bring to justice those who killed him.
"We acted immediately to apprehend the murderers. We will bring them to trial and they will be dealt with to the fullest extent of the law," it quoted him as telling Mr Abu Khdair."We acted immediately to apprehend the murderers. We will bring them to trial and they will be dealt with to the fullest extent of the law," it quoted him as telling Mr Abu Khdair.
"We denounce all brutal behaviour. The murder of your son is abhorrent and cannot be countenanced by any human being," he added. Investigators believe the 16-year-old from East Jerusalem was "murdered because of his nationality", but further details have not been divulged because the case is subject to a gagging order.
Investigators believe the 16 year old from East Jerusalem was "murdered because of his nationality", but further details have not been divulged because the case is subject to a gagging order. Just hours before his death, funerals were held for the three teenagers whose bodies were found in the occupied West Bank on Monday.
His killing has triggered violent protests by Palestinians in and around Jerusalem. Dozens of people have been arrested by Israeli police.
Just hours before Mohammed Abu Khdair's death, funerals were held for the three Israeli teenagers whose bodies were found in the occupied West Bank on Monday.
The Israeli authorities have named two known Hamas operatives who they say abducted and killed Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaer - both 16 years old - and Eyal Yifrach, 19, last month. The group denies any involvement.The Israeli authorities have named two known Hamas operatives who they say abducted and killed Naftali Frenkel, Gilad Shaer - both 16 years old - and Eyal Yifrach, 19, last month. The group denies any involvement.
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