An agricultural tools warehouse and an open area in the Rafah tunnels district were the sites of two airstrikes by the Israeli army on Gaza Thursday morning, witnesses said.
An Israeli military statement on the strikes said the targets were "two weapons storage facilities in the northern and southern Gaza Strip" and added that the "attack is in response to the nine projectiles fired into Israeli territory over the last 24 hours."
The strike was the second in less than 12 hours on the Strip, with a 2 p.m. Wednesday strike on a tunnels area in Rafah killing one tunnels worker and injuring two others.
According to Palestinian medical services spokesman Adham Abu Salmya, the latest strikes resulted in no injuries.
The Israeli military, in its statement on the airstrike, said 14 projectiles had been fired from the start of the week. One strike has been claimed by factions in Gaza, but that report was denied by Israeli military officials.
In its statement , the Israeli military said it "holds Hamas solely responsible for any terrorist activity emanating from the Gaza Strip."
On Tuesday, two Palestinians were injured after Israeli forces fired on a group of shepherds in the central Gaza Strip, medical and security officials said.
One Palestinian was seriously hurt following the incident near Juhor Ad-Dik, east of Al-Bureij refugee camp, medics told Ma'an at the time.
Later investigations of the incident revealed that the men were non-combatants.
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