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A Palestinian boy sits next to food aid distributed from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency
Witnesses said several people were injured, but their condition was not immediately clear.
The army said the strikes were in response to a rocket attack Thursday that hit an empty workshop on a kibbutz in southern Israel, causing no casualties.
"We will not tolerate the firing of rockets and we will continue to respond harshly to attempts to disrupt the calm in southern Israel," an army spokesman told AFP.
The rocket, the first to be fired across the border in a month, struck as US Vice President Joe Biden was winding up a visit to the region.
According to Israeli government data, Palestinians have fired a total of 146 rockets and 71 mortar shells at Israel since its military offensive in the Gaza Strip ended in January last year.
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The army said the strikes were in response to a rocket attack Thursday that hit an empty workshop on a kibbutz in southern Israel, causing no casualties.
"We will not tolerate the firing of rockets and we will continue to respond harshly to attempts to disrupt the calm in southern Israel," an army spokesman told AFP.
The rocket, the first to be fired across the border in a month, struck as US Vice President Joe Biden was winding up a visit to the region.
According to Israeli government data, Palestinians have fired a total of 146 rockets and 71 mortar shells at Israel since its military offensive in the Gaza Strip ended in January last year.
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