Israel targets Hamas sites after rocket attack
The Israeli military said its warplanes struck a Hamas weapons manufacturing site, a tunnel and a military post.
Israeli warplanes struck Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early on Friday in what the Israel Defense Forces said came in retaliation for a rocket fired at southern Israel several hours before.
Late Thursday, a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave landed in a field, triggering sirens in the desert town of Sderot and the nearby areas of Nir Am and Ibim. Israel news outlets reported no casualties or damage from the rocket.
In response, the IDF said its fighter jets and attack helicopters struck a weapons manufacturing site, a weapons-smuggling tunnel and a military post belonging to the Palestinian militant group that rules the Gaza Strip.
“We will not tolerate any threat to Israeli civilians,” the IDF tweeted.
