Israel strikes dozens of targets in Gaza
Israel launched airstrikes early Saturday against several targets in the Gaza Strip in response to rockets it said were fired towards the country.Fighter jets and helicopters pounded 80 Hamas targets in Gaza in an operation lasting more than two hours, the Israeli army said in a press release.The army said on its Twitter account that 30 rockets had been fired from Gaza towards Israel since late Friday but 10 were intercepted by its Iron Dome missile defense system.Sirens were heard in Israeli settlements near the Gaza-Israel buffer zone because of the rockets fired from Gaza.Israel targeted several sites, including two weapons manufacturing facilities, five military compounds, a training compound, a tunnel and an anti-aircraft observation post.There have been no deaths from the airstrikes, according to Palestinian medical sources in Gaza.