JERUSALEM (AP) — At least seven people were wounded in an Israeli airstrike against two suspected weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip.
The military says the airstrikes were in retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire into southern Israel.
The attacks came despite an announcement from Gaza's Hamas rulers that the territory's military factions had all agreed to stop firing rockets. The comments came after the rocket attack into Israel.
Hamas' interior minister says the announcement is designed to prevent Israeli retaliation and provide stability for Gaza, which is still struggling to recover nearly a year after a massive Israeli military offensive.
Most of the damage in Gaza has not been repaired because an Israeli blockade has prevented construction materials from entering the territory.
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: A Palestinian man, injured during an Israeli air strike on a smuggling tunnel udder the border between Egypt and Rafah, is treated at the Najar hospital in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza , Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. The Israeli military said its aircraft have attacked two weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in retaliation for rocket fired into southern Israel from Gaza a day earlier.
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: A Palestinian man, injured during an Israeli air strike on a smuggling tunnel under the border between Egypt and Rafah, tries to prevent from a photographer to shoot him at the Najar hospital in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza, Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. The Israeli military said its aircraft have attacked two weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in retaliation for rocket fired into southern Israel from Gaza a day earlier.
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: A Palestinian man, injured during an Israeli air strike on a smuggling tunnel under the border between Egypt and Rafah, is wheeled at the Najar hospital in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza , Sunday, Nov. 22, 2009. The Israeli military said its aircraft have attacked two weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in retaliation for rocket fired into southern Israel from Gaza a day earlier.
