<p>Seven rockets fired from Gaza had crashed into southern Israel without harming anyone, police said, hours after an Israeli air strike killed a Hamas militant.<br /><br /></p>.<p>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, yesterday.<br /><br />None of them caused any injuries or damage.<br /><br />An army spokeswoman later said that three more rockets had hit Israeli territory during the day, also without causing any harm.<br /><br />In Gaza, militants from the Popular Resistance Committees claimed responsibility for the two rockets fired at Beersheva.<br /><br />Late yesterday, the Israeli air force carried out two raids on the Gaza Strip, destroying one home but causing no casualties, Palestinian security sources said.<br /><br />The army spokesman confirmed the raids which he said were aimed at "the rocket launcher sites and terrorist activities."<br /><br />The exchanges prompted Beersheva mayor Ruvik Danilovitch to cancel school classes until further notice.<br /><br />"Many of the houses in our town are not protected (against rocket fire) and we cannot play with the lives of our children," he told Israeli public radio.<br /><br />Early yesterday, an Israeli air strike killed a Hamas militant and wounded another after they fired mortar shells at Israeli tanks on an incursion near the southern city of Khan Yunis, Palestinian medics and witnesses said.<br /><br />The dead man was named as Suleiman Kamel al-Qara, 25, a member of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Gaza's ruling Islamist Hamas movement.<br />The wounded man was also said to be a Hamas militant.<br /><br />The military confirmed the strike but refused to comment on the allegation Israeli armour had entered the Palestinian territory and come under fire from militants.<br /><br />The military confirmed the strike but refused to comment on the allegation Israeli armour had entered the Palestinian territory and come under fire from militants.<br /><br />"Overnight (Saturday), IAF (air force) aircraft targeted a rocket launching site and squad in the central Gaza Strip, during final preparations to fire a rocket towards southern Israel. Secondary explosions were identified and a hit was confirmed," it said, implying ammunition or explosives were hit.<br /><br />Militants had fired more than 150 rockets at Israel since the start of the month, it said.</p>
<p>Seven rockets fired from Gaza had crashed into southern Israel without harming anyone, police said, hours after an Israeli air strike killed a Hamas militant.<br /><br /></p>.<p>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, yesterday.<br /><br />None of them caused any injuries or damage.<br /><br />An army spokeswoman later said that three more rockets had hit Israeli territory during the day, also without causing any harm.<br /><br />In Gaza, militants from the Popular Resistance Committees claimed responsibility for the two rockets fired at Beersheva.<br /><br />Late yesterday, the Israeli air force carried out two raids on the Gaza Strip, destroying one home but causing no casualties, Palestinian security sources said.<br /><br />The army spokesman confirmed the raids which he said were aimed at "the rocket launcher sites and terrorist activities."<br /><br />The exchanges prompted Beersheva mayor Ruvik Danilovitch to cancel school classes until further notice.<br /><br />"Many of the houses in our town are not protected (against rocket fire) and we cannot play with the lives of our children," he told Israeli public radio.<br /><br />Early yesterday, an Israeli air strike killed a Hamas militant and wounded another after they fired mortar shells at Israeli tanks on an incursion near the southern city of Khan Yunis, Palestinian medics and witnesses said.<br /><br />The dead man was named as Suleiman Kamel al-Qara, 25, a member of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Gaza's ruling Islamist Hamas movement.<br />The wounded man was also said to be a Hamas militant.<br /><br />The military confirmed the strike but refused to comment on the allegation Israeli armour had entered the Palestinian territory and come under fire from militants.<br /><br />The military confirmed the strike but refused to comment on the allegation Israeli armour had entered the Palestinian territory and come under fire from militants.<br /><br />"Overnight (Saturday), IAF (air force) aircraft targeted a rocket launching site and squad in the central Gaza Strip, during final preparations to fire a rocket towards southern Israel. Secondary explosions were identified and a hit was confirmed," it said, implying ammunition or explosives were hit.<br /><br />Militants had fired more than 150 rockets at Israel since the start of the month, it said.</p>