GAZA: Israeli fighter jets early on Saturday attacked posts and facilities that belong to militant groups in the Gaza Strip in response to incendiary balloons launched towards Israel, Palestinian security sources said.

The sources told Xinhua that the fighter jets attacked two military facilities belonging to al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) in northern Gaza Strip.

The sources added that the two airstrikes caused damages to the military facilities, but no injuries were reported.

Meanwhile, an Israeli army spokesman said in a statement that Israeli fighter jets attacked a training camp that belongs to Hamas militants and another facility used for launching rockets towards Israel in northern Gaza Strip.

The statement added that the two airstrikes were carried out in response to the launching of dozens of incendiary balloons towards Israel, which caused four major fires at agricultural farms in southern Israel, and no injuries were reported.

The launching of balloons carrying incendiary materials by Palestinian activists in the Gaza Strip was renewed on Friday after it had stopped for one week. Activists who launched the balloons said it was in solidarity with south Lebanon.

The Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip are the fifth since the end of the last round of tension between Israel and Hamas-led militant groups in the Gaza Strip, which went on for 11 days and ended on May 21.–Xinhua

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