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Israel’s military said Monday its fighter planes struck Hamas facilities in the Gaza Strip after Palestinians fired rockets at the Jewish state.
Two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip towards the coast near the southern city of Ashdod, according to a military statement. “In response…fighter jets struck military targets belonging to the Hamas terror organisation in the Gaza Strip, including tunnel digging sites,” the army said. There were no reports of any damage from Palestinian rockets, with Israeli army sources indicating they had landed in the Mediterranean sea. Palestinian security sources in Gaza said the Israeli fire hit “farmland” in the southern Khan Yunis area of the enclave, causing damage but no injuries.
There was no immediate claim for the rocket launches from Hamas-ruled Gaza. The attacks caused power cuts in the eastern parts and caused some damage to a children’s hospital, a centre for disabled people, and shattered the windows of some residential buildings, according to the reports. However, Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee said on Twitter that the raids hit a rocket manufacturing site and a military post belonging to Hamas.—APP
