- Title: MIDEAST: Israeli air strikes hit Gaza after Palestinian rocket fire
- Date: 24th June 2013
- Summary: GAZA CITY, GAZA (JUNE 24, 2013) (REUTERS) VIEW FROM ABOVE, CRATER CAUSED BY MISSILE STRIKE RESIDENTS INSPECTING DAMAGE CAUSED BY MISSILE BROKEN GLASS ON WINDOW OVERLOOKING CRATER INSIDE APARTMENT, SHATTERED GLASS ON GROUND BROKEN WINDOW BUILDING NEXT TO CRATER CRATER RESIDENTS SITTING ON SIDE OF CRATER STREET WITH BROKEN ELECTRIC POLE BROKEN ELECTRIC POLE ELECTRIC WIRE MAN
- Embargoed: 9th July 2013 13:00
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- Location: Jerusalem, Gaza
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- Country: Gaza Jerusalem
- Topics: Conflict,International Relations,Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA7T2ZEHIDIOXJ1F76PAGFMNPKE
- Story Text: Israel carried out air strikes in the Gaza Strip on Monday (June 24) in response to Palestinian militant rocket fire that broke weeks of relative calm along the frontier.
The air strikes left craters on the ground, broken windows in buildings and also damaged an electric pole.
No casualties were reported in the incidents.
Six rockets were fired into Israel overnight, causing no damage, Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.
Two of them were shot down by Israel's Iron Dome missile defense system, the military said.
Israeli aircraft later struck targets in the Gaza Strip, including two weapons storage facilities, the military said, and Israel closed one its the crossings with the coastal territory, which is controlled by the Islamist movement Hamas.
No group claimed responsibility for the Palestinian rocket fire. Officials in Gaza said two of six Israeli air strikes struck training camps for the militant group Islamic Jihad.
In a separate incident, tyres were slashed on dozens of cars in the Arab neighbourhood of Beit Hanina in East Jerusalem.
The vandalism appeared to be another in a series of "Price Tag" attacks by suspected Jewish militants.
Graffiti showing the Star of David were sprayed on walls and cars.
"I woke up at 6 in the morning wanting to go to work. I came close to my car and found all four tyres were flat. I first thought it was one of the kids in the neighbourhood or something unintentional but then I looked around me, there were around 14 cars parked and all of their tyres were flat," said resident Awni Abu Ramoon.
"Price-tag" incidents are classified as assaults carried out by extremist settlers against Palestinians and their property in East Jerusalem and the West Bank. The term refers to the price the militants say they will exact for Palestinian attacks or any Israeli government curbs on Jewish settlement in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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