Cairo, July 2 -- The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian movement Hamas, said on Tuesday that it had shelled two settlements in southern Israel from the Gaza Strip.
"The Al-Qassam Brigade shelled the settlements of Nir Yitzhak and Mivtahim with a rocket barrage ... from an area where the enemy vehicles are deployed, north of the city of Khan Yunis in southern Gaza Strip," the Al-Qassam Brigades said in a statement.
On late Tuesday, air raid sirens sounded in several Israeli settlements close to the border with the Gaza Strip.
On March 18, Israel resumed strikes on the Gaza Strip, citing Palestinian movement Hamas' refusal to accept the US plan to extend the ceasefire, which expired on March 1. US President Donald Tru...