Israel attacked Gaza on Wednesday following militants shot rockets during the night, dimming the signing of landmark normalisation deals with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in Washington.
Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu accused the militants of trying to halt the peace agreements, Israel's first with an Arab country since 1994.
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The signing of the two deals at a White House convention hosted by President Donald Trump incited demonstration rallies across the Palestinian territories.
The deals broke with decades of Arab accord that there would be no normalization of relations with Israel till it had reached peace with the Palestinians and histrionic accusations of “betrayal” against the Western-backed Gulf states.
At least fifteen rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip between 8 pm (1700 GMT) on Tuesday and Wednesday, nine of which were blocked by Israeli air defences, the military stated.
One of the rockets hit the southern port city of Ashdod that wounding two people, emergency services announced.
A 45-year-old resident of Sderot, Ilanit Levy said, “We were surprised by the rockets,” an Israeli town close to the Gaza border.
She added, “It's because of the agreements. Maybe they don't want peace with us and that they want to damage the agreements,”
Fighter jets responded with strikes on Hamas military targets Israeli military stated.
There was no direct claim of responsibility for the rocket fire.
But Israel blamed Hamas for these attacks and warned it would “bear the consequences for terror activity against Israeli civilians”.
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