Smoke rises after war crafts belonging to Israeli army carried out airstrikes over Gaza City, Gaza on November 30, 2017. ( Ashraf Amra - Anadolu Agency )
Reuters: Israel strikes militant targets in Gaza after mortar barrage
JERUSALEM/GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli tanks and aircraft struck militant positions in the Gaza Strip on Thursday soon after Palestinian militants fired mortar shells at an Israeli military post close to the territory, the Israeli army said.
A Reuters witness in Gaza said he saw smoke rising from at least two targets struck by Israel, one belonging to Hamas and another to Islamic Jihad militants. Witnesses in the southern Gaza Strip said two Islamic Jihad posts was hit there.
No casualties were reported initially on either side.
Israeli military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Jonathan Conricus said the militants’ mortar barrage was aimed the Israeli army post and at construction crews working close by on the Israeli side of the Gaza border.
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