By JPOST.COM STAFF
One day after Grad-type rockets landed in Netivot, the IAF attacked a number of targets in the Gaza Strip Saturday night.
An IAF helicopter lets off flares for protection while operating over the Gaza Strip.Photo: AP
The IAF bombed three targets in southern, central and northern Gaza. Palestinian media sources reported that a number of Palestinians have been injured as a result of the attacks.
According to eye witnesses in the Gaza Strip, IAF fighter planes attacked an open field near a neighborhood east of Gaza City. As a result of this attack, a number of Palestinians were reportedly injured. Earlier Saturday, IAF fighter planes also attacked an area near Khan Yunis, which is in the southern part of Gaza. No injuries were reported.
Also on Saturday, Israeli navy ships lobbed a number of shells at several targets at a refugee camp in the central part of the Gaza strip. No injuries were reported.
Eye witnesses claimed that a group of armed Palestinians succeeded in avoiding the shells that were fired at them near the Jabilia refugee camp, in northern Gaza.
On Friday evening, a mortar shell fired from the Gaza Strip hit an open area near the Kerem Shalom border crossing at the southeastern end of the Gaza Strip.
No one was hurt in the attack and no damage was reported.
The IDF confirmed that it's forced did indeed act in the Gaza Strip on Saturday but did not release further details.
