Israel targets Hamas training facility in Gaza

Israeli army said it hit a training facility belonging to Hamas’s armed wing, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, in the central Gaza Strip in retaliation for a rocket fired at southern Israel, the Times of Israel reported on Monday.

Israeli warplanes struck the Gaza Strip early Monday morning in response to a rocket fired at southern Israel on Sunday evening.

The Israeli Air Force struck targets near the cities of Khan Younis and Deir al Balah in the south and center of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources in the coastal territory said.

The Israeli forces said Sunday’s was the third rocket fired at Israel since the beginning of 2016.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

Source: MENA