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GAZA STRIP
Israeli bombs follow Palestinian rockets
Israeli aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in what the military said was retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire into southern Israel.
The airstrikes wounded at least seven people, including one seriously, and came despite an announcement by Gaza's Hamas rulers that the territory's military factions had agreed to stop firing rockets. The Hamas announcement came late Saturday, after the rocket attack.
Hamas's interior minister, Fathi Hamad, said the proclaimed halt in rocket fire was designed to prevent Israeli retaliation and provide stability for Gaza, which continues to suffer from the aftermath of an Israeli military offensive in December and January.
The offensive killed about 1,400 Palestinians, according to U.N. and Palestinian estimates, and damaged or destroyed thousands of homes. Thirteen Israelis also were killed. Most of the damage in Gaza has not been repaired because of an Israeli blockade that has prevented construction materials from entering the territory.
-- Associated Press
PAKISTAN
Army offensive kills nearly 40 insurgents
Pakistani troops killed nearly 40 suspected militants Sunday in operations in northwestern tribal areas near the Afghan border, officials said.
The army launched an offensive against the Taliban in South Waziristan in mid-October, but many militants fled north to escape the fighting. Sunday's attacks, which could not immediately be confirmed, appeared to target areas to which they escaped.
The deadliest strike was in Shahukhel, a town in the tribal area of Orakzai. At least 12 militants were reported killed and 14 detained in search operations by border forces, according to officials with the Frontier Corps.
