Israel has bombed the Gaza Strip after Palestinian fighters launched several rockets from the besieged coastal enclave.
The incident came amid tensions over an Israeli raid that killed at least 11 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus.
The attacks early on Thursday sent plumes of black smoke rising over one of the targeted locations north of Gaza city, reports Al Jazeera.
Hours earlier, rockets fired from the Gaza Strip lit up the night sky and triggered sirens in the Israeli cities of Sderot and Ashkelon.
Palestinian witnesses said they saw at least eight rockets fired, while the Israeli military put the number of projectiles at six.
On the other hand, the Israeli military said its air defence system intercepted five of the rockets, while the sixth fell in an uninhabited area.
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