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King_David

(14,851 posts)
Sun Sep 9, 2012, 07:38 PM Sep 2012

IAF strikes targets in Gaza Strip in retaliation to rockets

Aircraft bomb targets east of Gaza City, tunnels near Rafah border crossing; Netanyahu vows retribution for rocket fire into southern Israel after Palestinians hit Netivot, Beersheba.


The Israel Air Force struck targets in the Gaza Strip overnight Sunday in retaliation to rocket fire Saturday which lightly injured seven Israeli civilians in Netivot and Beersheba.

IAF helicopters hit targets east of Gaza City, according to Palestinian news agency Ma'an, while aircraft bombed tunnels near the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Sinai, according to Army Radio.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed retribution for rocket fire into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip overnight Saturday, saying, "I am entirely obligated to make clear to the terrorists that they cannot fire rockets at Israel with impunity."

http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=284467

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