Hamas launches fatal rocket attack on Israel

Israeli medics evacuate an injured man from the scene of a rocket attack in the southern city of Ashkelon Dec. 29, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

An Israeli stands at the scene of a rocket attack in the southern city of Ashkelon Dece 29, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

An Israeli police officer surveys the scene of a rocket attack in the southern city of Ashkelon Dec. 29, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Israeli soldiers from the Home Front Command carry a stretcher at the scene of a rocket attack in the southern city of Ashkelon Dec. 29, 2008. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

Israeli aircraft attacked Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip for a third day on Monday and militants launched a fatal rocket attack on Israel in defiance of an offensive that has killed more than 300 Palestinians.

In Ashkelon, a rocket launched from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip killed one person, the second such fatality in Israel since Saturday, when it began its strongest assault against Palestinian militants in decades.