IDF aircraft destroys north Gaza building used for rocket attacks

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An IDF aircraft early Saturday destroyed an empty building in the northern Gaza Strip used by Palestinian militants during rocket attacks, the army said. There were no reports of casualties.

The army said militants had used the building for cover after firing rockets into southern Israel. Palestinian security officials confirmed the building had been targeted but said the Israeli missiles fell in a nearby field. Witnesses said the building suffered some damage. The officials said no one was hurt in the attack.

In another attack on Saturday, IDF artillery and navy ships targeted access roads to rocket launch sites in Gaza City, Army Radio said. There were no injuries in this operation either.

Late Thursday night, the IDF began shelling suspected Qassam launch sites near built-up areas in the Gaza Strip, as part of a policy of increasing pressure on Palestinian militants, who for the first time fired a 122mm Katyusha rocket, a much longer-range projectile than the Qassam, from the Gaza Strip into Israel last week.


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1. From the article

"Two Qassam rockets were fired Friday night from Gaza to the Western Negev. One of them blew up in an open field and another apparently landed in Palestinian territory. No injuries or damage were reported."

I've been noticing the rocket attacks picking up...2-4 a day. It has to stop already!

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2. Considering Gaza appears on the brink of Civil War...

...I am wondering if we won't see the missiles being fired at the different factions.