Rockets fired from Gaza into Israel

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – The Israeli military says five rockets have been fired from the Gaza Strip and landed in open areas in the south of the country.

No casualties were reported.

No Palestinian group claimed responsibility for the early Sunday attack, but the rockets appeared to be in retaliation for the killing of four Palestinians during protests along Gaza-Israel fence Saturday.

The rocket fire threatens to annul what Gaza’s Hamas rulers said was an Egyptian-brokered deal to ease economic burdens in the Palestinian enclave in exchange for pacifying the yearlong border protests.

Hamas launched the marches to protest against a crippling Israeli-Egyptian blockade on Gaza, home to 2 million people.

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