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Monday Oct. 8, 2012 10:54 AM (EST+7)
Israel strikes Gaza targets after rocket salvo
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GAZA, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Israel said it struck targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday after Palestinian militants fired rockets at southern Israel in what they said was a response to an Israel air strike on Sunday that wounded two militants and eight bystanders.
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 In this Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009 file photo, a rocket fired at southern Israel is seen as it is launched from the outskirts of Gaza City.(AP/Hatem Moussa, file)
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Multimedia
 al-Jazeera Int: Dining with Terrorists, Fighting Occupation Pt. 1
March 8, 2009 9:03 AM (EST+7)
al-Jazeera Int: Dining with Terrorists, Fighting Occupation Pt. 2.
March 8, 2009 9:34 AM (EST+7)
Carter's Elders discuss Palestinian reconciliation
May 14, 2011 12:49 PM (EST+7)
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 Documents
 Netanyahu addresses the Foreign Press Association in Israel, Jan. 20, 2010
Fateh and Hamas Reconciliation Agreement, May 4 2011
Gisha - Who Turned out the Lights in Gaza?
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Publications
Poll No. 59, July 2006 - On Palestinian Attitudes Towards the Abduction of the Israeli Soldier & Firing of Rockets
Poll No. 75, November 2011 - Perpetuation of the Palestinian Authority and US policy
Poll No. 78, Dec. 2012 - Gaza, Resistance and the UN Bid
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Background
Rocket fire
War on Gaza
Cairo talks
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Resources
An-Najah National University, Results of Palestinian Public Opinion Poll No. 32, January 2008 (pdf)
Hamas rockets, Global Security website
Near East Consulting Polls, June 2007, Do you support launching rockets into Israel by Palestinian factions?
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The army said it had targeted "Hamas terror activity sites and terrorist squads responsible for the rocket fire", but gave no details.
Gaza hospital officials said one Islamic Jihad militant thought to have been involved in the rocket attack had been wounded by Israeli tank fire east of the town of Rafah.
Residents of the town of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip said an Israeli tank fired at the suspected launch area, slightly wounding four children and damaging a mosque minaret and a water tower.
The Israeli army says 470 rockets have been fired from Gaza this year, 10 in October alone.
The armed wing of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist faction which controls the Gaza Strip, said it had carried out the latest rocket attack with the militant Islamic Jihad group.
It was the first time since June that Hamas had acknowledged launching rockets at Israel.
An Israeli military spokeswoman said some rockets had landed harmlessly near the border with the Gaza Strip.
Sunday's air strike was aimed at two Palestinian militants, one of whom was critically wounded, as was one of the bystanders. (Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi, Writing by Ori Lewis; Editing by Alistair Lyon)
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In this Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009 file photo, a rocket fired at southern Israel is seen as it is launched from the outskirts of Gaza City.(AP/Hatem Moussa, file)
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