(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-02-28 10:57

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israeli aircraft blasted Hamas government offices and metal shops late Wednesday, killing a baby and wounding more than 30 people in a retaliatory strike after a militant rocket killed an Israeli college student.

Palestinians inspect a destroyed vehicle belonging to Hamas militants after it was targeted by an Israeli air strike in the southern Gaza Strip Feb. 27, 2008. [Xinhua]

Three consecutive explosions were heard in the northeastern part of the city, said the witnesses, adding that the building of Hamas interior offices was targeted with three missiles fired by Israeli helicopters.

The Israeli strike on the interior offices was reactions to dozens of homemade rockets fired by Palestinian militants at the southern Israeli town of Sderot. One Israeli was killed and several wounded during the attack on the town.

On Wednesday, Israel also killed at least 11 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, most of them are Hamas militants. Hamas retaliated to the killing by launching several rockets at southern Israel.