Israel has launched multiple air attacks on the blockaded Gaza Strip a day after Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians – including an elderly woman – in the Jenin refugee camp
Israeli warplanes had hit al-Maghazi refugee camp in the centre of the territory, with at least 13 strikes in the early hours of Friday.
The al-Zaitoun neighbourhood in the south of Gaza City was also hit, as well as an open area east of Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza.
Witnesses and local media reported that Israeli drones fired two missiles at targets in Gaza before the fighter jets struck.
There were no immediate reports of casualties, and “cautious calm” had returned to Gaza by the morning, said correspondent Maram Humaid.
The Israeli army said the air attacks on Gaza – one of the most densely populated areas in the world with 2.1 million residents
followed after two rockets were fired towards Israel. Air raid sirens had sounded in southern Israel as the initial two rockets were fired and then again after the Israeli air attacks.