Israel, Hamas exchange fire after escaped Palestinian prisoners caught
Israel has arrested four of the six Palestinian prisoners who escaped from prison last week.
Israel and armed Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip continued exchanging fire on Monday.
Early Monday morning, Israel’s Iron Dome aerial defense system intercepted a rocket fired toward Israel from Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces bombed four Hamas compounds in response, the IDF reported in a series of tweets.
The Hamas-affiliated Safa news agency confirmed Israeli airstrikes hit sites belonging to “the resistance” early Monday. The strikes landed in Rafah in southern Gaza, Beit Lahia in the north, Deir al Balah in central Gaza and Khan Yunis in the south of the Palestinian enclave. The IDF said the bombed sites included a military training center, a weapons workshop and a tunnel.
The latest round of conflict began Friday after Israel captured four Palestinian prisoners who had escaped from the high security Gilboa Prison. The prisoners, members of the Gaza-based Islamic Jihad, were imprisoned in relation to attacks on Israelis. Hamas warned it would retaliate for any Israeli action against prisoners.
