Gaza City: Israeli tanks pounded a Hamas post in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after a rocket allegedly launched from the Palestinian enclave hit a nearby Israeli city.
No casualties were reported on either side.
The rocket hit the Israeli-held city of Sderot, part of which lies barely a kilometre northeast of the Gaza Strip, run by Hamas, the Israeli occupation forces said.
The area was closed off and bomb disposal teams were working at the site, regime police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Later, Hamas security sources said Israeli tank fire struck a post run by its military wing, the Ezz Al Dine Al Qassam Brigades, east of Beit Hanoun near the boundary with Israeli-held territory.
The Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters in Gaza have fought three wars since 2008 and there are frequent flare-ups along the frontier.
Israel pounds Gaza with air strikes under the pretext of retaliation for rocket fire from Gaza.
In August, it carried out dozens of strikes after a rocket allegedly hit Sderot, a far larger response than usual.
Israeli media reported that attack was the first time downtown Sderot had been struck by a rocket from Gaza since the last war in 2014.
Hardliners who sympathise with the Daesh terror group have claimed recent rocket fire from Gaza, but the Israeli regime holds Hamas responsible for all such activity.
The small terror groups oppose Hamas, which has sought to crack down on them in the past.
— With inputs from AFP
