Israel bombed the empty homes of five Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip. The air force struck the buildings late Wednesday after military officials warned occupants to leave. The airstrikes appeared to be the beginning of Israel’s retaliation for a Palestinian rocket salvo from Gaza that killed a woman in Sderot earlier on Wednesday.
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