According to Palestinian eyewitnesses, Israeli fighter jets carried out a series of airstrikes on militant group facilities in the Gaza Strip on Sunday in response to rockets fired from the coastal enclave.
According to witnesses, Israeli army drones and fighter jets were heard buzzing in the air, and several explosions were heard west of the southern Gaza Strip cities of Khan Younis and Rafah, according to Xinhua.
According to Palestinian medical sources, no injuries were reported during the strikes, which primarily targeted the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).
According to an Israeli army spokesman, the airstrikes were in response to the earlier firing of three rockets at southern Israel. No one group has claimed responsibility for the rocket launch.
During the airstrikes, Hamas militants fired at least five rockets at southern Israeli communities near the Gaza Strip’s borders, according to sources close to Hamas security, who also said an anti-craft missile was fired at Israeli fighter jets.
According to media outlets in Gaza, Egyptian intelligence is in close contact with Palestinian factions in order to prevent an escalation in Gaza.
Source:OCN