ISRAELI AIRCRAFT ON THURSDAY FIRED A MISSILE INTO A HAMAS MILITANT TRAINING CAMP IN GAZA, WITNESSES AND A PRO-HAMAS RADIO STATION SAID, AS ISRAEL STEPPED UP ITS AIR STRIKES IN AN OFFENSIVE AIMED AT FREEING AN ABDUCTED SOLDIER, ACCORDING TO REUTERS. THERE WERE NO IMMEDIATE REPORTS OF CASUALTIES. THE MILITARY, WHICH CARRIED OUT SEVERAL AIR RAIDS IN THE TERRITORY EARLIER IN THE DAY, SAID IT WAS CHECKING THE REPORT.