Israeli helicopters target Gaza Strip

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli helicopters began firing on targets in the Gaza Strip, Israel TV reported Wednesday.

Most of the strikes were in the Khan Yunis area of the southern Gaza Strip, the report said.

The Israeli army refused to comment.

Palestinian security officials in the Gaza Strip said helicopters struck a steel factory in Khan Yunis and possibly Jebalya refugee camp just north of Gaza City as well as the Gaza City neighborhood of Zeitun. They had no further information.

The strikes began about three hours after a Palestinian suicide bomber detonated himself at a bus stop in Jerusalem, killing seven other people in the second attack in the city in two days.

Early Wednesday, Israel announced a major policy shift in response to a suicide bombing Tuesday on a Jerusalem bus that killed 19 Israelis. The new approach was to gradually reoccupy Palestinian areas and stay put until terrorism stops.