JERUSALEM (AP) — The military says Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip have fired three mortars at southern Israel, carrying a new and worrisome round of violence into yet another day.
No injuries were reported, but radio stations reported that electricity was disrupted by the mortar fire Sunday.
An escalating series of attacks by militants and Israeli counterstrikes has killed 18 Gazans since Thursday, after a missile from Gaza hit an Israeli school bus, wounding two people.
The military says one of the Gazans killed was involved in the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier held in Gaza for the past five years.
