Israeli air strikes have killed two
Palestinian militants and wounded at least 25 people in Gaza as cross-border
violence entered a fourth day.The latest deaths brings to 20 the number of Palestinians killed since the
fighting began on Friday.Israel says at least 140 rockets fired from Gaza have struck Israel,
seriously wounding at least two Israelis.The US condemned the rocket attacks as "cowardly"; the Arab League called the
Israeli air strikes "a massacre".The UN and the European Union have expressed concern and appealed for calm.
Rocket barrage
The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad said two of its members were killed in separate overnight air strikes.
Hospital sources in Gaza said some 25 civilians - including children - were wounded when a rocket struck a house.
The Israeli military said it carried out six air strikes targeting a "weapons storage facility" and rocket-launching sites in northern and southern Gaza.
Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said 11 rockets were fired into southern Israel from Gaza in the early hours of Monday.
Schools in several southern Israeli communities remain closed for a second straight day.The latest flare-up began on Friday when an Israeli air strike on a car in Gaza City killed militant commander Zohair al-Qaisi, secretary general of the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC), and two of his associates.Israel says al-Qaisi was planning a major attack on its territory.
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Gaza militants quickly unleashed a barrage of rockets toward southern Israeli communities.
Israel has managed to stop some rockets reaching populated areas with the use of its Iron Dome missile-interception system.
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Islamic Jihad and the PRC have claimed responsibility for the weekend's rocket attacks.
Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Gaza's ruling Hamas militant group, said Egypt is working to try to bring an end to the violence.
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