The Israel Defense Forces carried out retaliatory airstrikes in Gaza late Saturday night after two rockets fired from Gaza landed off the Tel Aviv coast on Saturday morning.
“Fighter jets and helicopters attacked a series of targets in a rocket production facility belonging to the Hamas terror group,” the IDF said in a statement.
Israeli tanks also shelled Hamas military posts near Gaza’s border with Israel.
Hamas media said Israeli warplanes struck a Hamas outpost west of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Strip, while tanks targeted outposts in northern Gaza.
“Hamas is responsible and bears the consequences for all activity in and emanating from the Gaza Strip,” the IDF said.
Palestinian media first reported the airstrikes in the southern part of the Strip shortly before midnight.
In an unusual report, Hamas media claimed “resistance fighters” had launched “experimental rockets” toward the sea during the Israeli airstrikes. Hamas reports also said the terror group had fired at an Israeli military helicopter.
Earlier Saturday, unnamed Israeli defense officials told Hebrew media vowed that the military would respond to the two rockets launched from the Gaza Strip that landed off the coast of Tel Aviv earlier in the day.
“There will be a response, this is a serious and unacceptable event. The last word has not been said,” a defense official told Kan news.
According to the Walla news site, Israel conveyed a message to Egyptian mediators that it views the rocket fire as a serious matter, especially after an Israeli civilian was shot on the Gaza border on Wednesday.
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