Israeli air force carried out attacks on the Gaza Strip early Thursday, the occupation army and Palestinian sources said.

Israeli air force carried out attacks on the Gaza Strip early Thursday, the occupation army and Palestinian sources said.

The occupation military said in a statement the Israeli air force "targeted two Hamas sites in the southern Gaza Strip,"  claiming that the strikes were "in response to a rocket attack from Gaza."

The army "holds Hamas accountable for all attacks emanating from the Gaza Strip," the statement said, claiming that the rocket had hit an open area in the occupied territories' south.

Palestinian security officials confirmed the Israeli raids, saying they targeted sites in Nuseirat and Rafah, causing no casualties.

Earlier this month, a four-day flare-up of border duels between the Zionist entity and Gaza constituted the heaviest exchanges of fire between the two sides since the 2014 Israeli war on Gaza that killed and injured more than 13,000 Palestinians.