Israel strikes Gaza after militants resume rocket fire

Israel yesterday launched air strikes across the Gaza Strip in response to Palestinian rockets fired after Egyptian- mediated talks failed to extend a 72-hour truce in the month-long war.

As rocket-warning sirens sounded in southern Israel, the military said Hamas had fired at least 18 rockets from Gaza and Israel’s “Iron Dome” interceptor system brought down two. Gaza militants said they had fired 10 rockets.

In the first casualties since hostilities resumed yesterday, Palestinian medical officials said a 10-year-old boy was killed in an Israeli strike near a mosque in Gaza City. In Israel, police said two people were injured by mortar fire from Gaza.