Israeli planes pounded Hamas targets early Friday, bringing the toll in the past 24 hours of raids to 11 Palestinians killed and dozens wounded. Hamas continued to lob rockets into southern Israel on Friday, with three falling in the town of Sderot. Paramedics said three people were slightly injured by shrapnel and others treated for shock. In one of Friday's strikes, Israeli aircraft fired missiles east of Gaza City, killing five Palestinians, at least three of them Hamas militants, and wounding six people, Hamas and local doctors said. The military said the target was a Hamas headquarters building. Two other strikes followed but there was no word of any casualties, the Palestinian doctors said, according to a report of the Associated Press.
