Hostilities flare along Israeli-Gaza border

With the aid of Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel pressed Hamas on Wednesday to rein in rocket-firing militants in the Gaza Strip after the most severe outbreak of cross-border hostilities for the reason that a ceasefire ended an eight-day struggle in November. The Israeli military mentioned two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip struck southern Israel on Wednesday, inflicting no casualties, hours after it launched its first air strikes within the Palestinian enclave in 4 months. …