There were no immedi­ate report­s from Gaza of casual­tiesJERUSALEM: Israeli aircraft struck Hamas positions in Gaza early Wednesday, the military said, after Palestinians in the enclave launched projectiles and explosive balloons at the Jewish state. The “fighter jets targeted Hamas targets in the southern Gaza Strip” including “a weapons manufacturing site”, the army said in a statement. There were no immediate reports from Gaza of casualties. In pictures: Palestinians call Trump’s peace plan ‘deserving to go into dustbin of history’Prior to the Israeli attack, armed groups in Gaza launched three projectiles and a number of “explosive balloons” at southern Israel, the army said, with neither medics nor police reporting casualties or damage. Since US President Donald Trump’s announcement last week of his plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, rockets, mortar shells and explosive balloons have been launched almost daily from Gaza into southern Israel, provoking Israeli retaliation.

Source: The Express Tribune February 05, 2020 06:33 UTC