Armed groups' rockets, Israeli air strikes heat up Gaza border


  • World
  • Wednesday, 20 Jun 2018

People stand next to a pole damaged by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip that landed near it, in a Kibbutz on the Israeli side of the Israeli-Gaza border, June 20, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen

GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Several dozen rockets and mortar bombs launched at Israel by Palestinians in Gaza, and Israeli air strikes on the enclave's dominant Hamas armed group, raised the heat along the border on Wednesday.

Despite the biggest flare-up in weeks in the area, no deaths were reported. But pledges by Israel and Palestinian fighters to continue to respond to any attacks against them held the potential for broader conflict.

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