Israel launches air strikes on Gaza: Palestinians

Israeli soldiers survey the damage caused by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants in Gaza which landed in the southern city of Ashkelon July 30, 2010.

Credit: Reuters/Amir Cohen

GAZA (Reuters) - Israel carried out air strikes on targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday after a rocket fired from the Palestinian territory exploded
in the city of Ashkelon, local witnesses said.

Palestinians reported several explosions in Gaza City and Israeli aircraft could be heard flying over the territory.

There were no immediate reports of injuries. The Israeli military had no immediate comment. Earlier on Friday, Palestinian militants in Gaza
fired a rocket into Ashkelon on Israel's Mediterranean coast, causing
damage but no injuries.

(Reporting by Nidal al-Mughrabi; Writing by Joseph Nasr, Editing by Mark Heinrich)