Israel bombards Gaza over weekend

Israeli aircraft rained missiles on Gaza early Saturday, hours after an attack in this northern town killed a Palestinian militant. The surge in violence has dimmed the prospects for peacemaking following Israel`s pullout from the coastal strip.

The Israeli military said its aircraft targeted the white Subaru in Beit Hanoun on Friday because the occupants were on a mission to fire rockets at the southern Israeli town of Sderot. No hits were reported in Sderot, but the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a group affiliated with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas`s Fatah political movement, said an Israeli drone targeted its members after the rockets had been fired.

A week of bloodshed began Monday when Israeli troops killed the top gunman from the Islamic Jihad militant group in the West Bank. An Islamic Jihad "revenge" suicide bombing Wednesday killed five Israelis in the central Israeli town of Hadera. "Revenge" is in quotes because the operation was likely planned long before any Israeli actions against terrorists.

                                 

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