Israeli jets strike Gaza Strip

Published March 16th, 2017 - 11:00 GMT
The raid came in response to a shall fired from the Gaza Strip that landed in an area of southern Israel Saturday evening. (File/AFP)
The raid came in response to a shall fired from the Gaza Strip that landed in an area of southern Israel Saturday evening. (File/AFP)

Israeli jets struck two sites in the blockaded Gaza Strip late Wednesday night, the Israeli military said in a statement. 

“The two sites in the southern Gaza Strip belong to Hamas,” the statement read.

"The raid came in response to a shell fired from the Gaza Strip that landed in an area of southern Israel Saturday evening,” it claimed.

"The Israeli Defense Forces hold Hamas fully responsible for [rockets fired from] the Gaza Strip," the army said. 

On Wednesday evening, the army claimed that a rocket fired from Gaza had landed in southern Israel without causing any damage or injuries.

No Palestinian factions have claimed responsibility for the rocket allegedly fired at Israel.

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