April 2, 2010 9:11 AM

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Israeli planes & helicopters mount attacks across Gaza Strip

Israeli planes and helicopters mounted several attacks across Gaza Strip early this morning. According to Israeli media, Haaretz, an Israeli military spokesman confirmed the attacks, saying they had targeted two weapons-manufacturing plants and two arms caches. The spokesman said, the air strikes were Israel's response to a Palestinian short-range rocket that was fired across the border into Israel yesterday. No casualties were reported. According to Maan news agency, the aircraft bombed three targets in Khan Younis including a site housing Hamas’ Al-Aqsa TV network. In Gaza City, warplanes targeted the Daloul cheese and diary factory in the Sabra neighborhood.Aircraft fired two missiles at a police station in the Nusseirat refugee camp in addition to other sites in central Gaza, including a telecommunications company. Earlier Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged Hamas political chief Khaled Meshal this week to stop militants in the Gaza Strip from firing rockets against Israel.

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