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Israeli jets strike what army says is Gaza rocket workshop
- Israeli forces attacked targets in the Gaza Strip in response to a rocket launch
- Exchange of fire underlined renewed tensions between Israel and the Palestinians
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Israeli aircraft struck a rocket production workshop in the Gaza Strip early Thursday, the Israeli military said, hours after Palestinian militants fired a rocket toward Israel.
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The exchange further raised tensions during a particularly violent period in the long-running Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Israeli military said the workshop contained chemicals and was run by the militant Hamas group, which controls Gaza.
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Late Wednesday, Israeli air defences intercepted a rocket from Gaza, the army said.
There were no reports of casualties from the rocket or the air strike.
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