Israel jets strike northern Gaza

by Dave Keating | March 13, 2008 at 01:52 am

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Although there were talks of a 30-day ceasefire, these reports appear to ahve been false as the violence in Gaza escalates.

Israeli aircraft have attacked the northern Gaza Strip after Palestinian militants fired rockets into Israel.

The violence follows several days of relative calm in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The Israeli air force said it was targeting a rocket-firing team. There is no word on casualties.

The rocket attacks came several hours after Israeli undercover forces in the West Bank town of Bethlehem shot dead four Palestinian militants.

Those killed included a prominent local leader of the Islamic Jihad militant group.

An Israeli army spokesman said the air strikes were a response to the firing of 12 rockets from Gaza into southern Israel.