Three rockets fired from the Gaza Strip hit Israel this morning, one striking a house near that of Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz.
The Israeli army confirmed two rockets had struck a home in Mr Peretz's hometown of Sderot and another landed in a nearby township. There were no reported casualties.
An Israeli man from Sderot whose house was hit by a rocket told Army Radio he lived about 100 metres from Mr Peretz.
The barrage came a day after Israeli soldiers shot dead three militants preparing to fire rockets in the Israeli army's first ground raid into Gaza since a pullout last year.
A Palestinian policeman was also killed by the troops in the Israeli raid marking a new military response to frequent cross-border rocket barrages.
Israel's Haaretzdaily newspaper reported the military planned to increase its ground action in Gaza to prevent rockets being fired at Israel.
