Four people have died in an Israeli strike on a Hamas-run police station in the southern Gaza city of khan Younis. The Israeli military said in a statement it had targeted a rocket crew position in southern Gaza.
It said it attacked” In response to rocket and motar attacks.. on localities in southern Isreal” The strike came as Israeli Defence Minister, Ehud Barak, warned a ”broad operation” was imminent in Gaza.
He told reporters: ” Every passing day brings us closer to a broad operation in Gaza. ” We are not looking forward to it. we would be happy if circumstances prevented it”.
Analysts say the army would face unprecedented resistance from Hamas militants who have been rearming and digging in the densely populated territory. Israel has carried out several air strikes inside Gaza in recent months in retaliation for almost daily rocket attacks on Israel by Palestinian militants.
BBC’s Aleem Maqbool in the West Bank says Israel’s pressures on Hamas. or on the Gaza Strip, is not relenting. Earlier on Tuesday an Israeli missile hit a house in northern Gaza, injuring two children. The military said it was aiming at a rocket squad, but the missile misfired, hitting the house.
The Israali attacks followed a mortar attack on an Israeli farming community near the border, causing damage to a house but no injuries. Hamas seized control of the Gaza Strip in June, ousting its Fatah rivals.
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