The Air Force hit six targets in Gaza early on Friday morning in response to recent rocket attacks on southern Israel. The targets were demolished. Gaza authorities reported that nobody was injured in the strikes.
One of the targets was a weapons factory in northern Gaza. Also destroyed were three weapons smuggling tunnels between Egypt and southern Gaza.
Strikes also took out two tunnels that were begun approximately one kilometer from the Gaza security barrier. The tunnels were to be used by terrorists to infiltrate Israel and attack soldiers or civilians, IDF intelligence sources said.
The strikes followed several rocket attacks in recent days, including a Thursday attack that killed a 33-year-old Thai worker. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's administration has promised a response to every rocket attack from Gaza.
Meanwhile, Friday morning, a Molotov cocktail was hurled at an Israeli car near Kalkilya in Samaria. No one was injured.