(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Za june 14 (qna) - israeli warplanes launched two airstrikes against targets in the southern gaza strip on saturday just hours after a rocket struck israel from the gaza strip.
the first israeli strike was reported in khan younis in the southern gaza strip targeting a military base for the al-qassam brigades the military wing of hamas.
eyewitnesses said that israeli helicopters fired two missiles at the base. one missile they said landed inside the base and the other hit near the main gate causing minor material damage.
the second airstrike hit an open area in the saudi neighborhood in northern rafah in the southern gaza strip.
no casualties were reported in any of the strikes.
israeli sources said that the airstrikes came in response to rocket fired from the gaza strip into the western negev in southern israel. (qna)
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