The Israeli military launched airstrikes on Hamas positions in the southern Gaza Strip in response to the launch of balloons with explosives.
“Israeli Defense Forces fighters attacked a number of Hamas terrorist targets in the south of the Gaza Strip”, – the IDF website said in a statement.
It is noted that earlier balloons with explosives were launched in the territory of Israel from the Gaza Strip. The main goal of Israeli air strikes were weapons production facilities.
On January 18, one Palestinian died, another was seriously injured in an explosion in the east of Rafah in the Gaza Strip.