UPDATED: ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE HITS HAMAS IN GAZA

Israeli Airstrike Hits Hamas Militants
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — An Israeli aircraft Wednesday fired at a group of Hamas militants who were about to shoot mortar shells at a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip, the army and witnesses said. The new violence threatened a fragile cease-fire declared in February.

The airstrike came minutes after militants fired four mortar shells at the Gush Katif settlement bloc. The army said it spotted two Palestinians preparing to fire more mortars when it attacked.
Hamas said one of its members was critically wounded while conducting a "holy mission." After the airstrike, militants fired a fifth mortar shell, the army said.

After the Israeli strike, Palestinians continued firing mortars, more than a dozen altogether, as well as two Qassam rockets, the military said. An Israeli was slightly wounded when a mortar shell exploded near the synagogue in the largest Gaza settlement, Neve Dekalim, witnesses said.

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