Israel strikes Gaza after militants fired rocket overnight
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Israeli military says it has struck a Hamas tunnel in the Gaza Strip, after militants fired a rocket into southern Israel overnight.
Thursday's army statement says fighter jets targeting "underground infrastructure in a Hamas military compound" in Gaza after air defenses intercepted a rocket launched from the Gaza Strip. There were no immediate reports of casualties on either side.
The cross-border exchange between Israel and Gaza is the first flare-up of hostilities since an early May cease-fire halted the worst bout of violence between the two sides in recent years.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}It came shortly after the Israeli military said it had closed Gaza's offshore waters to Palestinian fishermen until further notice in response to incendiary balloons launched into Israel in recent days.