Israel warplanes bomb Gaza after rocket attacks

Gaza: Israel said it launched air strikes on two Hamas outposts in the Gaza Strip on Monday in retaliation for rocket attacks on the Jewish state.

The air strikes were mounted on the eve of an Israeli election in which security is a major issue.

Palestinians said at least one Israeli missile hit a building used by Hamas police. There were no reports of any casualties.

The Israeli military said the air strikes were in response to two rockets fired at southern Israel from the Hamas-run Palestinian coastal enclave on Sunday. The rockets caused damage but there were no casualties.

A fragile ceasefire has been in place since Israel ended a 22-day military offensive in Gaza on January 18 that was designed to punish the Islamist Hamas group for cross-border rocket and mortar bomb attacks.

Egypt is trying to secure a lasting ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Diplomats said the Egyptian proposal includes a prisoner exchange and the initial opening of at least two of the enclave's border crossings.