Israel carried out air strikes on the Gaza Strip Friday after a rocket fired from the Palestinian territory exploded in the city of Ashkelon, local witnesses said.

Israel carried out air strikes on targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday after a rocket fired from the Palestinian territory exploded in the city of Ashkelon, witnesses said.

Israel is skeptical that a new round of sanctions targeting Iran's nuclear program will be effective, but there is "still time" for them to work, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Friday.

ISRAEL HAS vowed to respond to yesterday's firing of a missile from Gaza into the southern city of Ashkelon.

Israel has carried out air strikes on targets in the Gaza Strip after a rocket fired from the Palestinian territory exploded in the city of Ashkelon, witnesses said

Israel was preparing to start air strikes on Gaza after militants in the territory fired a rocket Friday into the Jewish city of Ashkelon, the first such attack in more than a year.

Israel launches air strikes into the Gaza Strip, reports say, hours after a Palestinian rocket hit the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon.