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Israeli fighter jets hit at least three national security sites of the Hamas government in Palestine's Gaza strip, media reported Saturday.
Medical sources said that at least one Palestinian was injured by an Israeli airstrike on a Hamas security base east of the Jabalia refugee camp in the north of the strip. No casualties were reported from the other two airstrikes, which targeted a neighborhood in Gaza city and another in an empty field.
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Zionist Jets Strike Gaza after Rocket Fire http://t.co/TjBVVbxqey
— Noor Harazeen (@Noor_Harazeen)
September 19, 201
The latest attack on Gaza, which has been under Israeli blockade since 2006, comes after two rockets were fired from the strip into Israel. Neither rockets resulted in casualties on the Israeli side, but a parked bus was damaged in the town of Sderot south of Israel.
Hamas and Israel have been in a fragile cease-fire, which was put in place after the end of the Israeli 50-day war on the Gaza strip in July 2014. Brigades of Omar Hadidi, a Salafi extremist group that supports the Islamic State group but has not yet pledged allegiance to it, claimed Friday night's attack.
Happens now: The sound of a rocket launch and the ensuing iron dome explosions heard over Gaza and the north.
— Belal Dabour - Gaza (@Belalmd12)
September 18, 201
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However, despite the group taking responsibility for the rocket firing, Israel still blamed Hamas for the attack. “The terrorist group Hamas is the sovereign, and it carries the responsibility,” an Israeli Defense Forces spokesman said.
However, Hamas has been battling the Salafist group over the past several months. In May, Hamas forces launched an operation against the group, arresting dozens of its operatives. The group responded by carrying out several bomb attacks against Hamas and foreign offices.
Hamas then destroyed the group's mosque, which it uses for gatherings and to plan attacks. Since then the group has been firing amateur rockets at Israel to put pressure on Hamas to release its members.
The news comes amid escalating violence in Jerusalem and the West Bank after Israeli troops entered the holy Muslim site of al-Aqsa mosque in the Palestinian East Jerusalem.
Dozens of Palestinians have been injured as Israeli forces fired tear gas and grenades at those protesting the violation of their holy sites. On Friday, however, clashes at the mosque following the prayers and the Palestinian Red Crescent said eight Palestinians were seriously hurt after being shot by live rounds.
Earlier this week, Hamas had called for a "day of rage" over tensions at al-Aqsa Mosque compound.
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