The Israeli air force has called off a planned air attack on the home of a Palestinian militant after hundreds of people gathered at the house to act as a human shield.
The Israeli military telephoned the home of the commander of a Popular Resistance Committees militant group in Gaza, warning him of the impending attack.
Separately, a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from Gaza wounded one person in the southern Israeli town of Sderot.
The rocket landed in the centre of the border town, a frequent target for gunmen in the Gaza Strip.
Rockets fired from Gaza killed a woman and wounded several other residents in Sderot last Wednesday.
