JERUSALEM, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Israeli air force on Friday night accomplished airstrikes on the northern Gaza Strip, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Saturday.
The Israeli assault came in response to persistent launches of arson balloons from the Gaza Strip into Israel on Friday, the IDF introduced.
The Israeli fighter jets accordingly struck a military compound and rocket launching web site of the Palestinian corporation Hamas, in line with the Israeli army.
"The rocket launching website turned into in a civilian area, over again emphasizing how Hamas endangers Palestinian civilians," the IDF said, vowing to hold to reply as vital to Hamas sports emanating from Gaza.
Israel's country-owned Kan TV information stated that the incendiary balloons precipitated four wooded area fires in the Israeli region close to the Gaza Strip.
Earlier on Friday, the IDF stated it had fired artillery shells at targets in southern Lebanon in reaction to Lebanon's firing of more than 10 rockets into Israeli territory.
Most of the rockets have been intercepted by means of Israel's anti-rocket Iron Dome protection machine, and the rest landed in open areas.
The rockets, fired at the Israel-occupied Golan Heights and the Galilee Panhandle location in northern Israel, did no longer motive casualties.
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