Israeli artillery shelled Hamas posts in the Gaza Strip on Thursday after Palestinians set off bombs along the border fence, the military said, with no casualties reported. A security source from Hamas, the Islamist movement which runs the Gaza Strip, said that one round hit an observation post near the border, causing damage but no casualties. He said that earlier, shortly after sunrise, there were four explosions along the border, which slightly damaged the Israeli frontier barrier.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blasts.
An Israeli military statement said: “A number of explosive devices were detonated on the security fence along the northern Gaza Strip. No injuries were reported.
“Tanks targeted posts belonging to the Hamas terror organisation in response,” it added.
Hamas, which remains in de facto control of the blockaded Gaza Strip, has yet to comment on the developments.
In 2014, Israel waged a devastating 51-day military onslaught on the Gaza Strip in which more than 2,300 Palestinians were killed -- the vast majority of them civilians -- and tens of thousands injured.
According to Israeli figures, 73 Israelis -- mostly soldiers -- were killed in the conflict.
