Israel: Airstrike Hits Gaza Site

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Retaliating for a rocket fired into Israel on Friday, the Israeli military said it carried out an airstrike on a Hamas site in southern Gaza early Saturday in what was its first aerial bombing in Palestinian territory since an August cease-fire that ended this summer’s 50-day Gaza war. No injuries were reported on either side. The rocket, which landed on open ground, was the third to hit Israeli territory since the cease-fire took effect. Israel says Hamas has been testing rockets with increasing frequency in recent weeks, mostly firing toward the Mediterranean Sea. No group in Gaza claimed responsibility for Friday’s rocket, but the Israeli military said it held Hamas responsible. Also on Friday, six Palestinians were wounded by Israeli gunfire near the border fence in northern Gaza. An Israeli military spokeswoman said soldiers first fired into the air to try to disperse protesters approaching the fence then fired at the legs of some of them.