For the first time since New Year's Eve, Palestinian militants fired a rocket into southern Israel on Monday.
There are no reports of any deaths or damage, The Associated Press reports, and Israel said it intercepted the rocket. In response, Israeli fighter jets carried out multiple airstrikes in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, with the Israeli military saying it targeted a "weapons manufacturing site" for the militant Hamas organization.
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