Israel strikes Gaza in retaliation for rocket fire, military says
Rocket fire
Israelcarried out airstrikesin theGazaStrip on Sunday in response to Palestinianrocketfireinto its territory, theIsraelimilitarysaid.
Tension betweenIsraeland the Palestinians has risen over the past week, after six Palestinian militants escaped from a maximum securityIsraeli jail on Monday.Israeli forces have since captured four of the inmates.
DrawingIsraeli airstrikes,Gazamilitantsfired arocketintoIsraelon Fridaywhen two of the prisoners were apprehended and then again on Saturday, after two more escaped inmates were caught. TheIsraelimilitarysaid it struck targets belonging to Hamas, the Islamist armed group that rulesGaza. There were no reports of casualties.
A fragile truce betweenIsraeland Hamas ended 11 days of fierce fighting in May in which at least 250 Palestinians and 13 inIsraelwere killed.