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GAZA CITY: Palestinian Territories, Oct 29, 2012 (AFP) - Seven rockets fired from Gaza crashed into southern Israel on Sunday without harming anyone, police said, hours after an Israeli air strike killed a Hamas militant.


Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP two rockets fell in open areas within the Eshkol district which flanks the southern sector of the Gaza border, while another two landed in and around Beersheva, a city of 194,000 people. None of them caused any injuries or damage.

An army spokeswoman later said that three more rockets had hit Israeli territory during the day, also without causing any harm.

In Gaza, militants from the Popular Resistance Committees claimed responsibility for the two rockets fired at Beersheva.

Late Sunday the Israeli air force carried out two raids on the Gaza Strip, destroying one home but causing no casualties, Palestinian security sources said. The army spokesman confirmed the raids which he said were aimed at "the rocket launcher sites and terrorist activities."