GAZA, Palestine, Aug 17 (NNN-WAFA) – Israeli war jets struck early today (Saturday), facilities of militant groups in the Gaza Strip, in response to earlier rocket attack from the coastal enclave into southern Israel, security sources and local media said.
The sources and the Gaza-based local media, said that, Israeli war jets struck a military facility that belongs to the Islamic Hamas movement in eastern Gaza, and another one in central Gaza Strip.
Residents in eastern and central Gaza Strip heard the noise of the Israeli fighter jets and the bombings. No injuries or damage were reported.
Earlier Friday evening, three rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, where two of the three rockets were intercepted by the Israeli army’s Iron Dome defence system, and the other landed on an empty land.
Israeli media said, no injuries or damage were reported. No group claimed responsibility for the rocket attack.
Tension between Israel and the Palestinians has been mounting over the past two days, after two teenagers, who stabbed an Israeli police officer in the old city of Jerusalem, were killed on Thursday.
Earlier Friday afternoon, a Palestinian ran a car over two Israelis and wounded them, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem. A police officer shot and killed the driver.
Also on Friday, at least 63 Palestinians were injured, including 32 shot by live ammunition, during clashes with Israeli soldiers in eastern Gaza Strip, medics said.
Ashraf al-Qedra, Health Ministry Spokesman in Gaza, clarified that among the casualties, 17 children and three women were shot and injured by Israeli soldiers.– NNN-WAFA
