Israel's air force fired a missile at a house in Gaza City late Sunday, killing at least eight people, residents and hospital officials said. The strike followed a decision to step up attacks against Islamic militants in response to rocket fire from Gaza. Israeli air attacks on militant targets earlier in the day killed another three Palestinians.
The attack came hours after Israel announced that it would intensify military operations in Gaza.
Israel's air force fired a missile at a house in Gaza City late Sunday, killing at least eight people, residents and hospital officials said. The strike followed a decision to step up attacks against Islamic militants in response to rocket fire from Gaza.
Israel launched more strikes against Gaza militants on Sunday, killing nine Palestinians in two aerial assaults, including one that struck the home of a prominent Hamas politician, security officials said.
Eight people were killed in a new Israeli air raid in Gaza on Sunday just hours after Israel's security cabinet gave the army the go-ahead to ramp up operations against Palestinian militants.
Israel escalated its strikes against Gaza militants on Sunday, killing eight Palestinians in an aerial assault that struck the home of a prominent Hamas politician, medics and a source in the Islamist group said.
The Israeli government announced on Sunday that it would intensify its military operations in Gaza in an effort to halt Palestinian rocket fire into Israel. An Egyptian-brokered cease-fire reached Saturday appeared to take hold in Gaza, after a week of fierce factional fighting between Fatah and its rival, Hamas.
Several rockets were launched today from Gaza, and Israel struck back at members of Hamas.
Israel's powerful security cabinet on Sunday gave the army the green light for stepped up operations against Palestinian militants in Gaza, but stopped short of ordering a ground assault.
Israel said on Sunday it would step up strikes against Gaza militant leaders involved in rocket attacks against southern Israel, but stopped short of ordering a wider offensive in the coastal strip.