Israel launches two more air strikes on Gaza
GAZA CITY - Israeli warplanes conducted two nighttime air strikes against the Gaza Strip following rocket fire against Israel, witnesses said Thursday.
The raids, which targeted metal workshops in the towns of Jabaliya and Khan Yunis in the north and south caused extensive material damage but no injuries, witnesses and medical sources said. The Israeli military confirmed the air strikes and said the workshops were used to manufacture rockets.
There has been upsurge in rocket attacks and Israeli reprisal air strikes ahead of the expiration Friday of a six-month ceasefire.
A Palestinian man was killed during an Israeli air raid on Gaza on Wednesday, a day in which 19 rockets were fired from Gaza into Israel according to the Israeli military.
Posted by: Steve White 2008-12-18 |