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Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired six rockets and a mortar shell into Israel on Monday, with one projectile exploding near a nursery school, emergency services said.

There were no casualties or damage, but several people were treated for shock in the southern town of Sderot, an army spokesman said.

The radical Palestinian group Islamic Jihad in a statement admitted responsibility for the attacks following "Zionist threats."

Tzahi Hanegbi, chairman of the Israeli parliament's defence and foreign affairs committee, said the attacks proved that "sooner or later the army needs to launch a large-scale operation in the Gaza Strip to stop them."

source: AFP News Bureau