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14 Dec, 2017 08:10

Israel closes Gaza border crossings in response to Palestinian rocket strikes

Israel announced the closure of its Gaza border crossings on Thursday, in response to daily rocket fire from the enclave during the past week. The strikes began after US President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Israeli aircraft struck three facilities belonging to Hamas, the militant group that controls the Gaza Strip, before dawn on Thursday, after the latest rocket attacks, Reuters reported, citing Israeli Defense Forces. Training camps and weapons storage compounds were targeted, it said. Two of the rockets fired by militants were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system and a third exploded in an open area. No casualties on either side of the frontier were reported.