Israel launched airstrikes against sites in the Gaza Strip in the early hours of Thursday after militants in the Palestinian enclave fired rockets at Israeli cities, witnesses and security forces said.
The Israeli strikes, which Israel said hit a military post and a tunnel complex used to store chemicals for rocket-engine building, prompted further rocket attacks by the Palestinian militants on Thursday.
Hamas, the Islamist movement that controls the Gaza Strip, said it had fired surface-to-air rockets at Israeli planes. There have been so far no reports of casualties from the Palestinian rocket attacks.
On Tuesday, Israel carried out its first strike on Gaza in months in response to the first rocket since January from the Palestinian enclave.
The rising violence has raised fears of a repeat of last year’s 11-day Israel-Gaza war.
Source: https://www.dw.com/en/israeli-forces-gaza-militants-exchange-fire-amid-rising-tensions/a-61530786
Photo: Israel’s Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepted rockets launched from Gaza, as seen here from Ashkelon / Reuters
