PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, Jan 3: Israel said three rockets were fired toward its territory on Friday from the Gaza Strip, where rescuers reported at least 12 people killed in Israeli strikes.
The rockets were the latest in a spate of recent launches from the devastated Palestinian territory, with Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz warning of even more intense retaliatory strikes if they continued. The military said one of Friday's rockets "fell adjacent to the community of Nir Am and the second projectile fell in an open area".
Earlier in the day, it said another rocket fired from Gaza had triggered sirens near Beeri.
No injuries were reported from the launches.
In Gaza, meanwhile, first responders recovered the bodies of 12 Palestinians, "including several children", who were killed in air strikes on Gaza City, the central Maghazi refugee camp and the southern city of Rafah, said Mahmoud Bassal, spokesman for Gaza's civil defence. —AFP
