Report: One dead in Gaza airstrike

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israel carried out an airstrike Monday in northern Gaza on a militant cell that fired two mortar bombs toward Israel, an army spokeswoman said.

The Israeli airstrike killed a Hamas militant and wounded three others near Erez, Hamas security sources said.

There were no casualties from the mortar bombs launched toward Israel.

Reacting to repeated rockets fired from Gaza, Israel's government labeled the Hamas-controlled region a "hostile territory" in September. It set in motion a wide-ranging crackdown that includes military operations and limiting Gaza's power supply.

Gaza militants fire rockets into Israel every three hours, on average, according to the Israeli military. E-mail to a friend