Israeli warplanes struck multiple militant targets in the Gaza Strip early Thursday, Palestinian security sources reported.

Israeli warplanes struck multiple militant targets in the Gaza Strip early Thursday, Palestinian security sources reported.

Reports said that the airstrikes hit several targets across Gaza in response for alleged Palestinian rocket fire earlier on Wednesday.

An Israeli occupation military statement spoke only of three hits in total and did not give their location or identify the targets.

"Yesterday, June 3, 2015, two rockets were launched at southern Israel from the Gaza Strip," it said adding that they fell on open ground near the southern city of Ashkelon and the town of Netivot. "No injuries were reported."

The Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas said the rocket assault was carried out by a Salafi group affiliated with the Takfiri group, ISIL, The Associated Press reported.

Earlier last week, the Israeli warplanes also hit several targets across Gaza.
Israel launched last July a 50-day brutal attack against the besieged strip, killing and injuring thousands of Palestinians including women and children.