Israeli jeeps and an army bulldozer drove into a Palestinian-controlled area of the Gaza Strip today and began levelling land.
The incident came several hours after Palestinian militants fired four home-made Qassam rockets from northern Gaza toward Israel.
One rocket hit in the industrial zone of the Israeli coastal city of Ashkelon, the deepest strike since Hamas began firing Qassams toward Israel in November 2001.
It was not immediately clear whether the land-clearing was the start of a larger Israeli operation in northern Gaza.
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The near six foot long rockets, propelled by a mixture of sugar, oil, alcohol and fertiliser, are believed to be in the hands of Hamas.
AP