Soon after nine Palestinians killed during an Israeli raid in Jenin refugee camp, the Palestinian militants on Friday fired two rockets from the Gaza Strip towards southern Israel.
The rockets were intercepted by missile defenses of Israel, and the jewish-state then carried out strikes in Gaza, reports Reuters.
The cross-border fire came after a raid of Israeli troops in the occupied West Bank’s flashpoint town of Jenin on Thursday that was the most deadly Israeli raid into Jenin refugee camp in nearly two decades.
The overnight rockets triggered sirens in Israeli communities near the border with Gaza, warning residents to take shelter. There were no reports of injuries.
Israel`s Channel 12 aired footage of Israeli interceptor missiles being launched into the night sky above the city of Ashkelon, about 12 km (7 miles) north of Gaza, which is controlled by the Islamist militant group Hamas.
A few hours later, Israel`s military said it had carried out strikes in Gaza. Palestinian witnesses said Israeli aircraft had targeted a Hamas training camp. No injuries were reported.
Hamas and the smaller militant group Islamic Jihad promised a response to the Jenin incident that seven among the nine killed were their men, but there was no immediate claim for the rocket fire.
