China News Service, Beijing, February 23. Comprehensive news: According to the report of the Israel Defense Forces, Israel was attacked by rockets from the Gaza Strip on the 23rd local time.

Israeli forces have since launched airstrikes on the Gaza Strip.

  It is reported that the Gaza Strip fired 6 rockets into southern Israel in the early morning of the same day, 5 of which were intercepted by the air defense system, and 1 landed in no man's land, causing no casualties.

  Since then, the Israeli army dispatched warplanes to launch air strikes on several military targets of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in the Gaza Strip.

  So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the rocket attack.

The Times of Israel stated that the rocket attack was likely to be a retaliatory action against the previous conflict in the West Bank city of Nablus.

  According to Palestinian media reports, the Israeli army carried out a search mission in Nablus on the 22nd, during which it clashed with Palestinians, killing 11 Palestinians and injuring more than 100 people.

The Israeli side reported no casualties.

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