Israel airstrike hits Gaza targets

19.02.2012

Israel launched an airstrike on Gaza on Sunday, hitting a number of targets, including a workshop in Gaza City.

The Israeli military said in a statement that the strike was in response to Palestinian rocket attacks on southern Israel.

Israeli officials said Palestinian militants fired three rockets from Gaza into Israel on Saturday, but no damage was caused.

No casualties were reported following the strike on the workshop in Gaza City, but Palestinian health officials said three people were injured following the Israeli airstrikes on other targets in Gaza.

Rocket and mortar fire from Gaza were a near-daily occurrence for many years before Israel launched a blistering assault on Gaza in the winter of 2008.

Attacks and border clashes have continued, but on a much-reduced scale.