Israeli aircraft hit Gaza in first strikes since November

GAZA CITY: Israeli aircraft carried out apparent warning strikes in the Gaza Strip early Wednesday, hitting empty fields after a rocket earlier struck waste ground in southern Israel.

Palestinian security sources said the strikes, the first since the end of a deadly eight-day confrontation between Israel and Hamas in November, hit in two spots close to Gaza City and another site further north toward the frontier with Israel. No one was injured.

The Israeli military confirmed two attacks.

"In response to several rocket fire incidents directed at Israel, an Israel Air Force aircraft targeted overnight two extensive terror sites in the Northern Gaza Strip," it said in a statement.

"Accurate hits were identified." (AFP)