Gaza City, May 27: The air force of the terrorist regime of Israel has started carrying out attacks on the Gaza Strip as the Palestinian resistance movements of Hamas and Islamic Jihad denied launching projectiles into Israel.
At least three raids were also carried out on the Palestinian city of Beit Lahia.
Witnesses said that F16 fighter jets had intensively hovered over the Hamas-ruled coastal enclave, while several explosions were heard in southern and central Gaza Strip.
Security officials confirmed that around four airstrikes were carried out on the facilities in the southern Gaza Strip towns of Rafah and Khan Younis and also on central and northern Gaza Strip.
On Tuesday, Hamas and Islamic Jihad denied launching rockets from the Gaza Strip into Israel, following reports in Israeli media claiming that five rockets had landed in southern Israel hours earlier.
According to the Israeli army, at least one of the rockets hit the town of Gan Yavne with no reports of damages or casualties.
Ismail Radwan, a senior Hamas leader in Gaza told Xinhua that his movement is not aware of firing any rockets from Gaza into southern Israel, adding "the Palestinian factions are committed to the ceasefire agreement."
Khader Habib, a senior Islamic Jihad leader in Gaza, also clarified that his movement is not responsible for firing any rockets into Israel.
It is the first intensive Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since the end of last summer's large-scale military air and ground operation Israel waged on the territory for 50-days, leaving more than 2,145 Palestinians killed.
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