Israel has launched a series of attacks in the Gaza Strip, in apparent retaliation for the cross-border killing of an Israeli civilian by a Gaza sniper.
Israel said it launched the attacks from the air and on the ground, targeting what it called "terror sites" in Gaza -- including a weapons manufacturing facility and a concealed rocket launcher.
Officials of Hamas, the group that rules the Gaza Strip, reported that a three year-old girl was killed in the Israeli attacks.
It was the most serious flareup of its kind in more than a year.
The Palestinian sniper, operating just over the border in the Gaza Strip, killed the Israeli civilian earlier Tuesday.
"This is a very severe incident and we will not let it go unanswered," said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
On Sunday, a bomb exploded on an Israeli bus near Tel Aviv, causing no casualties.
Israel said it launched the attacks from the air and on the ground, targeting what it called "terror sites" in Gaza -- including a weapons manufacturing facility and a concealed rocket launcher.
Officials of Hamas, the group that rules the Gaza Strip, reported that a three year-old girl was killed in the Israeli attacks.
It was the most serious flareup of its kind in more than a year.
The Palestinian sniper, operating just over the border in the Gaza Strip, killed the Israeli civilian earlier Tuesday.
"This is a very severe incident and we will not let it go unanswered," said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
On Sunday, a bomb exploded on an Israeli bus near Tel Aviv, causing no casualties.