  Israel, Gaza exchange rocket fire overnight October 29, 2012 - 10:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Israeli Air Force hit back at targets in the Gaza Strip overnight on Sunday, Oct 28, the IDF Spokesperson Office said, according to The Jerusalem Post. A further fifteen rockets fell overnight on the Eshkol Regional Council area following the IAF strike. IDF spokesman announced that the IAF struck the targets in Gaza, including a rocket launching site in the northern Gaza Strip and militants’ center in southern Gaza. Palestinian sources announced damage done to two rocket launching squads in Khan Younis and Beit Hanoun, with no injuries reported. Earlier on Sunday, two short-range Kassam rockets exploded in the Eshkol region, also striking open areas and triggering rocket alert sirens. Shortly after that attack, the Israel Air Force struck a rocket-launching cell in central Gaza. The violence continued later in the day when Palestinians fired mortar shells at an IDF force on a routine patrol of the Gaza border. No injuries were reported. Partner news  Top stories Among its provisions are bans on child marriage and the traditional practice of selling and buying women to settle disputes. Jorge Rafael Videla, an austere former army commander, led Argentina during the bloodiest days of its Dirty War dictatorship. According to the United Nations, April was Iraq's bloodiest month for almost five years, with 712 people killed. Reports suggest the rebel fighters may have tried to blow up the walls of the prison, which holds some 4,000 inmates.   Partner news |  Latest news Brad Pitt’s “World War Z” to open Moscow Film Fest  The fest will feature retrospectives of films by Bernardo Bertolucci and Costa Gavras, as well as a program devoted to Dutch cinema.Wrekin Hill picks up John Malkovich’s “Siberian Education” Based on the novel by Nicolai Lilin, the film is set in the ghetto of Soviet Russia and follows 2 boys who are members of a gang of exiled Siberians.EU says concerned over human rights record in Russia The European Union said it would closely watch developments affecting non-governmental organizations in Russia.John Lennon’s guitar auctioned for $408,000 The custom-made instrument, built in 1966 by the VOX company, was bought by an unidentified U.S. buyer in New York. |
