Israel army launches overnight airstrike in the Gaza Strip
Israeli warplanes launched airstrikes on several
areas in the Gaza Strip on Friday evening after rockets were fired from the
Strip towards settlement territories, according to Al Arabiya sources.
Two rockets from the Gaza Strip heading towards the
settlements were intercepted mid-air, the Israeli army said.
The airstrikes came after the Israeli military had
said on early on Friday that it launched “wide-scale” attacks on militant
targets in the Gaza Strip shortly after Palestinian militants fired three rockets
into Israel, two of which were intercepted.
The attacks came amid heightened tensions after US
President Donald Trump released his Mideast peace plan, a US-led initiative
aimed at ending the conflict that heavily favors Israel and was rejected by the
Palestinians.
