• Middle East Tensions rise between Israel and factions in the Gaza Strip

  • Middle East Five Palestinian militants killed in an Israeli raid near Jericho

Israel

has launched a

nighttime airstrike

against a Hamas underground compound in

Gaza

, in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave, the Israeli army announced Monday morning.

"In response to Saturday's rocket fire from Gaza into Israel, IDF warplanes overnight struck an underground complex containing Hamas terrorist organization rocket-making materials," the Israel Army (IDF) tweeted. .

Sirens blared from towns near the Gaza border

after the Israeli attack

, the IDF said, but there was no confirmation of a retaliatory Palestinian shot.

Meanwhile, the Palestinian Red Crescent said one person was killed in an early-morning Israeli raid on Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, the scene of ongoing violence for the past year.

The Israeli army initially did not comment on the raid on Nablus.

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