Jerusalem: The Israeli military has claimed that Palestinian fighters fired a rocket at Israel in the Gaza Strip on Saturday night, followed by sirens in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon. The army did not provide much information about this. According to Israeli media reports, the rocket was fired in an open area, causing no loss of life or property.
The rocket fire has raised fears of retaliation by Israel in Gaza. Israel blames Hamas rulers in all cases of rocket fire from Gaza and usually attacks Hamas targets in return. There is enmity between Israel and Hamas. Hamas is an Islamic extremist group that seeks the destruction of Israel. Hamas occupied Gaza in 2007 and since then there have been three wars and several conflicts between the two.
