Israeli forces struck Gaza just after midnight Sunday morning, hours after a rocket was fired from the enclave at southern Israel, the IDF said.
The Defense Ministry also announced it was freezing concrete imports and other punitive steps in response to near daily attacks from the Strip recently.
The Israel Defense Forces said that warplanes and helicopter gunships carried out attacks on Hamas targets in northern Gaza.
It said a Hamas “war room” and underground facilities used by the terror group were hit, among other assets.
“The attacks were carried out in response to high-trajectory fire and the launch of incendirary balloons from Gaza into Israel,” the army said in a statement.
The Hamas linked Shehab news site earlier reported Israeli attacks on targets near Beit Lahia in the north of the Strip.
There were no immediate reports of injuries.
On Saturday night, a rocket fired out of Gaza landed in an open area the Sha’ar Hanegev region, as tensions in the restive region ramped up.
The area has seen a marked increase in violence over the last several days, with near daily rocket fire and launches of suspected balloon borne bombs, drawing retaliatory airstrikes.
Palestinian terrorists fired a rocket at Israeli communities east of the Gaza Strip on Saturday night as tensions escalated in the region amid daily missile attacks from the Palestinian enclave, the military said.
No damage or injuries were caused.
The attack triggered sirens in the kibbutz communities of Nahal Oz and Alumim in the Sha’ar Hanegev region, sending hundreds of residents rushing to bomb shelters.
A spokesperson for the region said the impact site was found in an open field.
Channel 13 news on Saturday cited an unnamed IDF official who warned Gaza could be approaching a point of no return, and continued rocket fire would lead the IDF to a harsher response than that seen so far.
The attack occurred while Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz and other top members of his faction were visiting the area, forcing them to hold their meeting with residents in a bomb shelter.
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