Israeli aircraft strike Hamas sites in Gaza after 3 rockets
Israeli aircraft have bombed several sites in Gaza at the early hours of Sunday
Jerusalem: Israeli aircraft bombed severalsites in Gaza early Sunday, hours after three rockets were fired from the Gaza toward southern Israel.
The Israeli military said in a statement the airstrikes targeted military camps and a naval base for Hamas, the Islamic group controlling Gaza. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
On Saturday evening, Israel announced that its air defenses, known as the "Iron Dome,'' intercepted two of three missiles coming from Gaza. Later, it said all three rockets had been shot down.
No Palestinian group claimed responsibility for the rocket fire. The Israeli army said Hamas was responsible for any attack transpiring in Gaza.
Cross-border violence between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza has ebbed and flowed in recent years. Last month, the two sides fought their worst round of violence in months.
Leaders from Hamas and the smaller but Islamic Jihad are in Cairo, talking with Egyptian officials about cementing a cease-fire that would see some economic incentives and easing of restrictions on Gaza.
Hamas has fought three wars with Israel since seizing Gaza in 2007 and dozens of shorter skirmishes.