Israeli medics evacuate an injured man, who later died, from the scene of a rocket attack in the southern city of Ashkelon December 29, 2008. Israeli aircraft attacked Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip for a third day on Monday and militants launched a fatal rocket attack on Israel in defiance of an offensive that has killed more than 300 Palestinians. In Ashkelon, a rocket launched from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip killed one person, the second such fatality in Israel since Saturday, when it began its strongest assault against Palestinian militants in decades. Reuters Pictures 13 months ago

Israeli medics evacuate an injured man, who later died, from the scene of a rocket attack in the southern city of Ashkelon December 29, 2008. Israeli aircraft attacked Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip for a third day on Monday and militants launched a fatal rocket attack on Israel in defiance of an offensive that has killed more than 300 Palestinians. In Ashkelon, a rocket launched from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip killed one person, the second such fatality in Israel since Saturday, when it began its strongest assault against Palestinian militants in decades.

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