Israeli warplanes strike Gaza again, prompt retaliatory rocket launch

Israeli warplanes have carried out a wave of airstrikes against positions of the Hamas resistance movement in Gaza, promoting two retaliatory rocket launches from the blockaded enclave towards the Israeli-occupied territories.

The Israeli military claimed its fighter jets targeted several Hamas positions in the northern part of the strip.

There were no immediate reports of Palestinian injuries.

In response to the air raids, two rockets were reportedly fired from Gaza towards the southern parts of the Israeli-occupied territories, triggering several rounds of red alert sirens in the communities of Alumim and Nahal Oz in the Sha’ar Hanegev region.

Flying fiery kites and balloons has become a new mode of protests by Gazans since last March, when the regime in Israel launched a bloody crackdown against anti-occupation demonstrations near the fence separating Gaza from the Israeli-occupied land.

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