Israel strikes Gaza after incendiary balloon launch

Palestinian artist Saja Mousa, 26, holds her son at the remains of her house that was damaged in an Israeli airstrike during May's Israeli-Hamas fighting, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Picture taken June 23, 2021. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

GAZA CITY (AFP): Israel hit Islamist armed group sites in Gaza with airstrikes on Friday (July 2) in retaliation for incendiary balloon launches from the Palestinian enclave, in the latest unrest since a ceasefire ended May's conflict.

Security sources with Hamas, the Islamist group that runs Israeli-blockaded Gaza, said the strikes hit training sites. There were no injuries reported.