Israel targets Hamas sites after Gaza rocket attack
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Sources have said that Israeli aircraft attacked Hamas bases in Gaza early Tuesday in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave targeting southern Israel hours before.
The aircraft targeted a "military compound belonging to the terrorist organisation Hamas," a statement from the army read.
Palestinian security sources said the strikes were in Khan Younes in the south and Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, causing damage but no casualties.
On Monday night, a rocket hit a town in southern Israel, causing no damage or casualties.
Israeli soldiers stand guard with their tank along the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip near the southern kibbutz of Nahal Oz, May 4, 2016. /AFP Photo

Israeli soldiers stand guard with their tank along the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip near the southern kibbutz of Nahal Oz, May 4, 2016. /AFP Photo

Palestinian militants in Gaza have fired 18 rockets or mortar rounds at Israel as part of the violence that erupted after US President Donald Trump's controversial Dec. 6 recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, six of which were intercepted by the Iron Dome defense system.
The projectiles are often fired by fringe Islamist groups, but Israel holds Gaza's militant rulers Hamas responsible for any attacks from the territory and retaliates by targeting Hamas positions.
"The IDF holds Hamas solely accountable for events in the Gaza Strip," the Tuesday army statement read.
Source(s): AFP