TEL AVIV—Israel’s military said it has begun striking Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip, in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian territory that injured seven people near Tel Aviv and prompted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cut short his visit to the U.S. The Israeli military blamed the Islamist group, which controls Gaza, for the attack earlier Monday. It said a long-range rocket the group manufactured there hit a home in the small town of Mishmeret north of Israel’s commercial capital. Israel’s Iron Dome defense...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 25, 2019 08:31 UTC