GAZA CITY, March 5: Israeli air raids on Hamas-run Gaza killed four militants just hours after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton ended her first Middle East trip vowing to breathe life into the peace process.

An air strike in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza on Thursday killed three militants, medics said.

An army spokesman said the raid targeted a group who had fired an anti-tank shell at an army unit on the Israeli side of the border.

Late Wednesday, an Israeli air raid killed a senior Islamic Jihad military commander as he drove through Jabaliya refugee camp.

The radical Palestinian group vowed to avenge his death and on Thursday said its militants fired three rockets into Israel. None caused casualties.

The latest violence erupted just hours after Ms Clinton left Israel on Wednesday after wrapping up her first trip to the Middle East since being appointed by President Barack Obama.—AFP
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