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Israeli military retaliates against Hamas site

By Tomas Monzon
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during a ceremony on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem commemorating soldiers who died in the 2014 Gaza war on July 6, 2015. The ceremony marked the first anniversary of Israel launching "Operation Protective Edge" in response to rockets fired by militants from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Pool Photo by Ronen Zvulun/UPI
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during a ceremony on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem commemorating soldiers who died in the 2014 Gaza war on July 6, 2015. The ceremony marked the first anniversary of Israel launching "Operation Protective Edge" in response to rockets fired by militants from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Pool Photo by Ronen Zvulun/UPI | License Photo

GAZA STRIP, Gaza, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The Israeli Air Force attacked a Hamas site in the Gaza Strip on Thursday in retaliation for a rocket fired into Israel the day before.

The Israeli Defense Forces dispatched an airstrike on a Hamas weapons factory in the Gaza Strip, saying it attributes any attacks that come from the Gaza Strip to the militant group.

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The Times of Israel reported that Hamas has refrained from firing at Israel since a ceasefire in 2014 and that recent rocket fire has come from smaller groups affected by Hamas' reign.

On Wednesday night, the rocket from Gaza exploded in an open area in Israel, near the Eshkol Regional Council.

On Aug. 7, three rockets from Gaza were also fired toward Israel. Two of these exploded on the Strip while a third exploded near Israel's border with Gaza.

A Salafi jihadist group from Gaza called "The Grandsons of the Companions of the Prophet" took the blame for that attack, claiming it was their first retaliation to Jewish attacks. The IDF fired back and said that Hamas still bears the responsibility for the offensive. The strike wounded four Palestinians, one of them seriously.

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A week prior, two Gaza rockets hit Israel. No casualties were reported. The rockets exploded near the country's northern border with Gaza.

The day before that, a 17-year-old Palestinian, Mohammed Hamed Almasri, was killed by Israeli soldiers after getting close to a border fence during a protest of an arson attack in the West Bank village of Duma.

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