Israeli military: Aircraft strikes Gaza gunmen

Israeli military: Aircraft strikes Gaza gunmen
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Summary Violence along Gaza-Israel border heated up with Israeli strikes on targets.

Israeli media reported that security forces sent down reinforcements to the area. A music festival that was to be held in the southern city of Ashkelon was canceled, conforming with military recommendations against large gatherings in tense security times, the military said.Israeli aircraft killed a militant from Gazas Islamic Jihad faction before dawn on Wednesday, Hamas security officials said. They later targeted two militants who had fired two mortars at Israel shortly before. No casualties were reported in that airstrike.The Israeli military said the dead militant had smuggled weapons into Gaza and was involved in militant activity in Egypts Sinai peninsula, near Israels southern border. It did not elaborate.A militant incursion into Israel from Sinai last week killed eight Israelis. That was followed by Palestinian rocket attacks and Israeli airstrikes that have not stopped despite a cease-fire reached on Sunday.

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