Israeli war planes carried out a series of strikes in the Gaza Strip
early Friday, the army said, shortly after a rocket from the Palestinian
enclave struck the Jewish state.
A statement from the army said that "in response to rocket
fire toward Israel," its "aircraft targeted a terror infrastructure site
in the central Gaza Strip and three concealed rocket launchers in the
northern Gaza Strip."
"Direct hits were confirmed," the statement read.
There were no immediate reports of injuries in Gaza.
Late Thursday night a projectile fired from the Islamist
Hamas-run enclave hit southern Israel, a police spokeswoman told AFP,
causing no harm or damage.
Early on Thursday, a Palestinian youth was shot in the leg by
Israeli soldiers near the border fence in the northern Gaza Strip, with
the army saying he had been damaging the border fence.