Israel launched airstrikes on an underground military facility of the Islamist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip on Sunday night in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave, the Israeli military said.

“In response to the launch of a rocket from the Gaza Strip into Israel on Saturday, the Chahal (Israeli army) attacked at night an underground complex containing raw materials for the manufacture of rockets belonging to the Hamas terrorist organization,” the General Staff said in a statement. said via twitter.

A Reuters journalist reported hearing several explosions in the early morning.

There are no reports of casualties at this stage.

Israel said over the weekend that it shot down a Palestinian rocket from the Gaza Strip. No organization claimed responsibility.

According to Palestinian sources, the Israeli army also targeted Hamas positions on the border.

Meanwhile, in the occupied West Bank, eyewitnesses reported that Israeli soldiers had surrounded a house in Nablus, that gunfire had been heard and casualties were possible.

The Palestinian group, known as the Lion’s Den, whose members are mainly based in Nablus and nearby Jenin, has been targeted by Israeli special forces on numerous occasions. The group claimed to have ambushed an Israeli army unit. There were no comments on this issue from the Israeli side.

Source: RES-IPE