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‘Gaza rockets’ hit southern Israel during Obama visit

Two rockets fired by militants in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Thursday hit southern Israel as US President Barack Obama was visiting the country, police said. “One exploded in the back yard of a house in Sderot, causing damage and the second landed in a field,” police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld…

Four Gaza rockets hit Israel after militant killed

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Four rockets fired from Gaza crashed into southern Israel on Sunday without harming anyone, Israeli police said, hours after an air strike killed a Hamas militant. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP two rockets fell in open areas within the Eshkol district which flanks the…

Gaza rockets hit Israel after drone attack

JERUSALEM — Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip hit southern Israel early on Sunday, without causing casualties or damage, police said. “They fell on open ground. Nobody was injured and there was no property damage,” police spokeswoman Luba Samri told AFP. On Saturday night, a rocket fired from an…

Israeli ambulance service says six dead in new attack in south

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – At least six people were killed when gunmen attacked a number of vehicles traveling in southern Israel on Thursday, a spokesman for the Magen David Adom ambulance service said. Israel’s military added in a statement: “Terrorists fired at a bus on its way to (the city of)…