IAF planes attacked three targets in Gaza overnight Friday, a day after Grad-type rockets were fired at Netivot from the Strip.
The IAF bombed a number of tunnels around the Gaza Strip
which were used for smuggling in southern, central and northern Gaza. Palestinian media sources reported that two people, including a child, were wounded in the strikes.
In a statement, the IDF confirmed the strikes, stating explicitly that the reason behind the targeting of Gaza was Friday’s rocket attack on Netivot. There were no casualties or damage reported in that attack.
According to eye witnesses in the Gaza Strip, IAF fighter planes attacked an open field near a neighborhood east of Gaza City. Early Saturday morning, IAF fighter planes also attacked an area near Khan Yunis, which is in the southern part of Gaza. No injuries were reported.
Also Saturday morning, Israel Navy ships lobbed a number of shells at several targets at a refugee camp in the central part of the Strip. No injuries were reported.
Eye witnesses claimed that a group of armed Palestinians had succeeded in avoiding the shells that were fired at them near the Jabilia refugee camp, in northern Gaza.