JERUSALEM — Israeli airstrikes killed four Palestinian militants in Gaza, while Palestinians fired rockets into southern Israel, hitting a synagogue and a school and wounding several Israelis in the aftermath of the deadliest attack against Israelis in three years.
Palestinian militants in Gaza launched more than two dozen rockets into Israel on Friday, the Israeli military said. One smashed through a roof of a Jewish seminary, damaging a synagogue in the port city of Ashdod and wounding six Israelis who were outside, Israeli emergency services said. One hit an empty school, and another, aimed at the city of Ashkelon, was intercepted by the new Israeli anti-missile system known as Iron Dome.
Israeli aircraft struck several targets in Gaza on Friday in retaliation for the rocket attacks, killing four Palestinian militants. One strike hit a motorcycle carrying senior militants from the Palestinian group that Israel says is behind Thursday’s violence. Another five militants were killed Thursday night. The Associated Press
