Israeli aircraft bombed up to six targets...

Tensions between Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and Israel intensified on the eve of the Middle East Quartet meeting in Moscow involving Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.

On Thursday, a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave killed a 30-year-old farm worker from Thailand less than an hour after EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton arrived to the Palestinian territory on an official visit.

Palestinian security officials said Israeli air strikes hit six sites, including smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border. Other targets included two tunnels near the Israeli border, a weapons manufacturing site, and two open areas in Khan Younis and a metal foundry near Gaza City. Two civilians were reported injured in the bombings.

Two militant groups, Ansar al-Sunna, which is believed to be inspired by al-Qaeda, and the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, linked to the Fatah movement, later

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