No casual­ties have been report­ed in either incide­ntGAZA CITY, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Israeli warplanes hit Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early on Monday after a rocket fired by Palestinians slammed into southern Israel, the army said. Israel strikes Gaza after blast wounds four soldiersIsraeli “fighter jets targeted underground infrastructure in the southern Gaza Strip, in response to the projectile that was launched at Israel earlier,” an army statement said. The strikes followed fierce exchanges over the weekend in which Israeli ground forces killed two Palestinian teenagers in the enclave in cross-border fire. Warplanes also pounded 18 Hamas facilities in two waves of air strikes, according to the Israeli military. Israeli fire kills 2 in Gaza after blast wounds soldiersTwo of the men were severely wounded but their lives were not in danger, the army said.

Source: The Express Tribune February 19, 2018 06:33 UTC