*Source: DTN News / Int'l Media
(NSI News Source Info) GAZA CITY - January 02, 2010: Israeli aircraft attacked at least four targets in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip early Saturday, wounding two people in an apparent retaliation for a rocket strike on Israel, officials said.
Palestinian Hamas police escort Palestinian and International activists, unseen, during a protest in Beit Hanoun, near the Erez Crossing between Gaza Strip and Israel, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2009. Hundreds of demonstrators rallied on opposite sides of a border crossing between Israel and Gaza on Thursday to protest the Israeli-Egyptian blockade of the seaside territory. Israel and Egypt imposed a strict blockade on Gaza after the Islamic militant group Hamas seized control of Gaza in 2007.
Two explosions were heard in Gaza City, one north of the city and one explosion in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis. All the missiles appeared to land in open fields, Palestinian medics and witnesses said.
Two people, including a child, were lightly wounded, medics said.
Palestinian woman walk between masked Islamic Jihad militants to attend a rally marking the first anniversary of Gaza war, in Gaza city, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2009. Israel launched the three-week long offensive on Dec. 27, 2008, to end years of rocket fire from Gaza toward Israeli border towns. About 1,400 Palestinians were killed, including hundreds of civilians, along with 13 Israelis.
An Israeli army spokesman confirmed aircraft had attacked Gaza, but gave no further details.
Israel routinely retaliates for rocket attacks from Gaza and these airstrikes came after a rocket hit the southern Israeli town of Netivot on Thursday without causing casualties.
Israeli Border-police deploy against Palestinian stone-throwers during a protest against Israel's controversial separation barrier on Fatah Day January 1, 2010 in Ni'ilin, West Bank. Palestinians from this village marked the 45th anniversary of the founding of the Fatah faction of the PLO during their weekly demonstration against the wall which encroaches on their land.
It marked the latest violence along Gaza's border, which has been mostly quiet since a war Israel launched on the Islamist Hamas in Gaza on December 27, 2008 in response to rocket fire ended with mutual ceasefires on January 18.
The ceasefires have largely held, despite violations by both sides.
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