Israeli aircraft strikes Gaza as rockets fall

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(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-03-08 15:19

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Hamas security officials say Israeli aircraft targeted a Gaza City warehouse in a nighttime airstrike.

Members of the Yassin clan pose in front the remains of their destroyed houses in the devastated area of Zeitoun, outside Gaza City in the Gaza Strip, Tuesday, March 3, 2009. [Agencies]

The officials say the warehouse was empty and no one was injured.

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The Israeli military confirms the strike, saying the target was used by militants as a weapons warehouse. The military says aircraft also struck two smuggling tunnels under the Egypt-Gaza border.

Palestinian militants launched a rocket and a mortar shell into Israel on Sunday, causing no injuries.

Rocket fire by Gaza militants and Israeli retaliatory airstrikes have become nearly daily occurrences. Israel halted a military offensive aimed at ending the rocket fire on Jan. 18, but sporadic violence persists as Egypt-mediated talks on a long-term truce have failed to yield results.