The Army’s press release stated that the aircraft struck two suspected weapons manufacturing and storage sites belonging to the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), which controls the coastal enclave.

According to the text, the attack responded to a stream of rockets fired from the Strip against Israeli territory early Wednesday.

Following the incident, far-right Israel’s National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir warned that “heads will roll in Gaza.

The al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, claimed responsibility for the rocket fire, saying the action was in response to the Israeli police raid on the Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site for Muslims.

jrr/iff/oda/rob