Israel’s military says its warplanes have carried out air raids on thebesieged Gaza Strip.

The aircraft “struck military targets” belonging to the Hamas resistancemovement in Gaza, it said in a statement on Monday.

It claimed that the attack took place in response to an alleged rocketattack launched from Gaza towards the coast near the city of Ashdod in theoccupied territories.

There were no reports of any damage.

Israeli military sources said the rockets had landed in the MediterraneanSea.

The Palestinian Information Center cited local sources as saying that anIsraeli warplane fired two rockets at a position as well as a farmland eastof the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, causing material damage.

According to the report, another Israeli fighter jet fired two rockets at aposition east of Khan Yunis city, destroying it and private propertiesnearby.

The Israeli regime every so often launches strikes against positions in theblockaded enclave, accusing the resistance groups there of launchingrockets.

Gaza has been under a crippling Israeli siege since June 2007. The blockadehas caused a decline in living standards as well as unprecedented levels ofunemployment and unrelenting poverty in the Gaza Strip.

Since 2008, Israel has waged three wars against Gaza, killing thousands ofPalestinians.——————————