An explosion is seen in Gaza City after an air strike by Israel. - AFP
Gaza city - In a first wave of air strikes, Israeli "fighter jets targeted 10 sites in three military compounds.
Published: Sun 3 Jun 2018, 10:00 PM
Last updated: Mon 4 Jun 2018, 12:27 AM
Israeli aircraft pounded over a dozen targets in Gaza, the army said on Sunday, after Palestinian projectile fire shattered a ceasefire reached just days ago after the worst flare-up since a 2014 war.
The latest escalation came hours after thousands of Palestinians attended the funeral of a young female volunteer medic killed by Israeli fire on Gaza's border.
In a first wave of air strikes, Israeli "fighter jets targeted 10 sites in three military compounds belonging to the Hamas in the Gaza Strip," the Israeli army said in a statement early on Sunday.
"Among the targets were two Hamas munition manufacturing and storage sites and a military compound," the army claimed.
The strikes came in retaliation for rockets fired at Israel, as well as "various terror activities approved and orchestrated by the Hamas terror organisation over the weekend", the army said.
A few hours later aircraft shot at "five terror targets at a military compound belonging to the Hamas's naval force in the northern Gaza Strip", the army said in a separate statement. There were no reports of casualties in Gaza.
Early Sunday, four projectiles were launched at Israel. Three were intercepted, the army said, with the fourth apparently hitting an open field.
Gazans have since March 30 staged border protests demanding the return of Palestinians to land they were expelled from during the 1948 war surrounding Israel's creation, now inside the radical state.
The demonstrations and violence peaked on May 14 when at least 61 Palestinians were killed in clashes as tens of thousands of Gazans protested the US transfer of its embassy in Israel to the disputed city of Jerusalem the same day.
On Sunday, Gaza health ministry spokesman Ashraf Al Qudra announced the death of Mohammed Hamada, 30, who was wounded on May 14.
Hamada's death brings the toll of Gazans killed by Israeli fire since the end of March to 124.
Palestinians in the besieged coastal enclave have also used kites carrying burning cans to set ablaze Israeli fields, torching large patches of farmland near Gaza.
Hamas military compounds targeted
>In first wave of air strikes, Israeli fighter jets target 10 sites in three compounds belonging to Hamas.
>Later, five targets at a compound belonging to the Hamas's naval force were attacked.
>Four projectiles were launched at Israel with three of them were intercepted, while the fourth hit an open field.
>Gazans have been staging protests since March 30 demanding return of Palestinians expelled from in 1948.
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