[Reuters] Douglas Hamilton - Israeli planes hit targets in Gaza before dawn on Thursday after a rocket was fired into Israel by Palestinians. The exchange was what passes for normal, nine months after the three-week Gaza war ended with a ceasefire but no mutually agreed truce. Israel says more than 260 rockets or mortar rounds have hit Israeli territory since then. Its air force has retaliated with dozens of air strikes, mostly aimed at Gaza's smuggling tunnels into Egypt.
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