Israel hits Gaza amid new border violence

JERUSALEM, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli military struck a Hamas post near the Gaza-Israel border on Tuesday, saying the airstrike was a response to an earlier petrol bomb thrown at an Israeli military post.

A spokesperson for the Israeli military said in a statement that the strike by an unmanned aerial vehicle was launched "in response" to "a violent riot at the security fence between Israel and the Gaza St