Islamic Jihad breaks Gaza cease-fire

GAZA, June 24 (UPI) -- The Islamic Jihad movement's military wing says it's responsible for firing two mortar rounds into Israel Tuesday, the first violation of the Gaza cease-fire.

A statement delivered to media outlets from the al-Quds Brigades of Islamic Jihad said the rocket attack came in response to the killing of one of its commanders by Israeli forces in the West Bank, Xinhua, the state-run Chinese news agency, reported Tuesday.

Israeli sources told the news agency the rockets landed on Sderot, hitting an abandoned house and an open space, and that no injuries were reported in the shelling.

Earlier Tuesday, a combined Israeli Defense Forces-Shin Bet operation in the West Bank city of Nablus killed a man identified as Tarek abu Ghally, 25, described as a senior Islamic Jihad operative, the Jerusalem Post reported.

Army sources told the Post that Ghally and another slain gunman were planning to carry out a terror attack in Israel "in the very near future."