Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza after rocket hits house
The Israeli military says it has begun carrying out strikes on Hamas militant targets in the Gaza Strip, hours after a rocket hit a house north of Tel Aviv.The Israeli military earlier accused Hamas, which controls Gaza, of firing the rocket that hit Mishmeret on Monday morning and injured seven people.
US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation recognising Israeli sovereignty over the occupied Golan HeightsSo far no Palestinian militant group has said it fired the rocket. One unnamed Hamas official said it had"no interest" in doing so.A rocket launched from the Rafah area in southern Gaza hit a house in Mishmeret, about 120km to the north, causing severe damage to the building and setting it on fire.
The Israeli ambulance service treated two women who were moderately wounded and five other people, including an infant, a three-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl, who had minor wounds.Gaza rocket: Two children and an infant were among the injured The house belonged to Robert and Susan Wolf, two British-Israeli dual nationals, who had been at home with their son, daughter-in-law and grandchildren.
"I nearly lost my family. If we had not got to the bomb shelter in time I would now be burying all my family," Mr Wolf told reporters.It was the furthest a rocket has reached in Israel since the 2014 conflict in Gaza.
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