AL-QUDS (Dispatches) – The Zionist regime said on Sunday that it struck more positions in Gaza and closed the fishing zone around the Palestinian enclave after retaliatory rockets and firebombs were fired into the occupied territories.
The strikes were carried out by Zionist regime’s war jets and aircraft before dawn in the southern Gaza Strip.
The military claimed the attack was a response to the attacks of explosive balloons in southern parts of the occupied territories.
The Tel Aviv regime’s tanks and fighter jets attacked Hamas’ military compound and underground infrastructure late Saturday, according to Israeli media.
Earlier reports from Palestinian sources said an observation post near the camp of Bureij came under repeated attacks.
The fresh raids made for the fifth night the occupying regime’s military is attacking the coastal enclave in a row.
In retaliation for the regime’s raids, Palestinian groups launched rocket attacks against an Israeli settlement, leaving at least five injured.
Hamas had earlier vowed to step up its pressure on the Zionist regime after two children were injured during Friday’s night-time strikes in Gaza.
Also on Sunday, Zionist war minister Benny Gantz ordered the closure of the fishing zone around Gaza "until further notice”.
The incidents came amid weeks of tensions, which according to Palestinian and Israeli commentators was triggered by the regime’s refusal to allow the transfer of Qatari money to the besieged Palestinian enclave.
Gaza has been under siege by the Zionist regime since June 2007, which has caused a decline in living standards.