Israeli warplanes on Friday night carried out a
series of airstrikes on military facilities and posts belonging to
the Hamas movement across the Gaza Strip, local media
reported.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) tweeted that its jets "struck several
Hamas underground structures in Gaza."
The jets carried out four airstrikes on military targets around
midnight (2200 GMT), striking a facility belonging to Hamas naval
forces in the northern Gaza Strip, Gaza-based al-Quds Radio reported
on Saturday.
No injuries were reported, but the facility was severely damaged, the
broadcaster added.
Earlier on Friday, an Israeli army spokesman said that a homemade
rocket was fired from the coastal enclave into southern Israel but it
landed on an empty field causing no injuries or damage.
"Thousands of Israeli families heard the sounds of air raid sirens
and ran to bomb shelters when a rocket was fired from Gaza at
Israel," the IDF tweeted.
Meanwhile Friday, a 23-year-old man was killed and more than 40
Palestinians were injured in violent clashes with Israeli soldiers,
the Ministry of Health in Gaza said.
Since the end of March 2018, more than 260 Palestinians have been
killed and thousands injured during protests on the Gaza border,
according to the Gaza Health Ministry.
Among other things, the demonstrators are calling for an end to
Israel and Egypt's decade-long blockade of the Gaza Strip, which the
two countries have justified citing security concerns.
Palestinian protesters holding national flags walk past burning tyres during clashes with Israeli soldiers following a demonstration near the fence along the border with Israel, east of Gaza City.
