Israel has delivered a strike on Hamas targets in the northern part of the Gaza Strip in response to shelling of its positions, TASS reports.
"A short while ago, IAF fighter jets struck Hamas terror targets in northern Gaza. 4 of the targets were buildings & terror infrastructure in a military compound, & 3 more were in a weapons production facility," a spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) wrote on the official Twitter account on Thursday. "The strikes were conducted in response to the heavy machine gun fire that targeted the city of Sderot, southern Israel, & numerous shooting attacks throughout the day."