JERUSALEM — Israeli fighter jets have targeted sites belonging to Hamas in the Gaza Strip for the second time in two days.
The Israeli military tweeted on Thursday night that the bombardments of military compounds and a rocket launch site belonging to the strip’s ruling Islamist Hamas were in response to incendiary balloons sent from the coastal enclave into Israeli territory.
“The IDF has increased its readiness for various scenarios & will continue to strike Hamas terror targets in Gaza,” the army said.
Less than two days earlier, also in response to incendiary balloons sent from Gaza, the Israeli military targeted Palestinian organizations in the Strip for the first time since a cease-fire with the Islamist movement halted recent escalations in fighting.
