World, Middle East
Israeli fighter jets strike two sites in Gaza Strip
Army claims strikes came in retaliation for rocket fired earlier towards southern Israel
16.03.2017 - Update : 16.03.2017
A Palestinian boy tries to find useable stuffs from the wreckage of collapsed building after war crafts belonging to Israeli army carried out an airstike over Deir el-Balah town of Gaza Strip, Gaza on March 16, 2017. (Ali Jadallah - Anadolu Agency)
By Abdel Raouf Arnaout
JERUSALEM
Israeli jets struck two sites in the blockaded Gaza Strip late Wednesday night, the Israeli military said in a statement.
“The two sites in the southern Gaza Strip belong to Hamas,” the statement read.
"The raid came in response to a shell fired from the Gaza Strip that landed in an area of southern Israel Saturday evening,” it claimed.
"The Israeli Defense Forces hold Hamas fully responsible for [rockets fired from] the Gaza Strip," the army said.
On Wednesday evening, the army claimed that a rocket fired from Gaza had landed in southern Israel without causing any damage or injuries.
No Palestinian factions have claimed responsibility for the rocket allegedly fired at Israel.
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