GAZA CITY (CNN) -- Israel launched more airstrikes against Hamas targets in Gaza Friday -- one day after the Israeli military began targeting the militant group in retaliation for dozens of Qassam rockets fired from Gaza into Israel over the last several days, the Israel Defense Forces said.
Three Palestinian militants were killed and four injured Friday in an airstrike on a car in the Sheikh Radwan area of Gaza City, Palestinian security sources said. The IDF confirmed the airstrike, saying it was targeting a car carrying Hamas militants and weaponry.
That brings to 14 the number of Palestinians killed in Israeli military airstrikes Thursday and Friday, according to Palestinian security and medical sources.(Watch as violence in Gaza intensifies )
Among them were five militants who died Friday morning south of Gaza City. A spokesman for the IDF said the Israeli Air Force had targeted a Hamas structure believed used for Hamas meetings and that possibly concealed a tunnel near the Karni crossing in northern Gaza.
The Israelis said they also targeted what they said was a Hamas rocket-launching site, immediately after an attack from northern Gaza into Israel.
The Israelis said Qassam rockets launched from Gaza hit a school and a synagogue in Sderot, near Israel's border with Gaza. Two other rockets hit a home and nearly hit a gas station, the military said. Officials said more than 90 rockets from Gaza have landed in Israel since Tuesday.
The cross-border attacks came as skirmishes between rival Palestinian militias within Gaza entered a sixth straight day.
Internal Palestinian violence between Hamas and Fatah flared again Friday when witnesses reported seeing the Fatah-affiliated Presidential Guard firing rockets at Islamic University -- considered a Hamas stronghold.
The Islamic militant group Hamas defeated Abbas' Fatah party in the January election.
Despite this, the factional fighting was quieter Friday than two days ago, according to CNN's Ben Wedeman.
Residents of the Jabiliya refugee camp marched in the streets to show their opposition to the sectarian fighting.
The airstrikes have angered Palestinian officials, who accused the Israelis of taking advantage of the internal violence between Hamas and Fatah factions, which continued despite numerous attempts at cease-fires.
CNN's Ben Wedeman and Ari Bell contributed to this report.
Three Palestinian militants were killed and four injured Friday in an airstrike on a car in the Sheikh Radwan area of Gaza City, Palestinian security sources said. The IDF confirmed the airstrike, saying it was targeting a car carrying Hamas militants and weaponry.
That brings to 14 the number of Palestinians killed in Israeli military airstrikes Thursday and Friday, according to Palestinian security and medical sources.(Watch as violence in Gaza intensifies )
Among them were five militants who died Friday morning south of Gaza City. A spokesman for the IDF said the Israeli Air Force had targeted a Hamas structure believed used for Hamas meetings and that possibly concealed a tunnel near the Karni crossing in northern Gaza.
The Israelis said they also targeted what they said was a Hamas rocket-launching site, immediately after an attack from northern Gaza into Israel.
The Israelis said Qassam rockets launched from Gaza hit a school and a synagogue in Sderot, near Israel's border with Gaza. Two other rockets hit a home and nearly hit a gas station, the military said. Officials said more than 90 rockets from Gaza have landed in Israel since Tuesday.
The cross-border attacks came as skirmishes between rival Palestinian militias within Gaza entered a sixth straight day.
Internal Palestinian violence between Hamas and Fatah flared again Friday when witnesses reported seeing the Fatah-affiliated Presidential Guard firing rockets at Islamic University -- considered a Hamas stronghold.
The Islamic militant group Hamas defeated Abbas' Fatah party in the January election.
Despite this, the factional fighting was quieter Friday than two days ago, according to CNN's Ben Wedeman.
Residents of the Jabiliya refugee camp marched in the streets to show their opposition to the sectarian fighting.
The airstrikes have angered Palestinian officials, who accused the Israelis of taking advantage of the internal violence between Hamas and Fatah factions, which continued despite numerous attempts at cease-fires.
CNN's Ben Wedeman and Ari Bell contributed to this report.
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