Israeli warplanes struck targets in the Gaza Strip early on Sunday.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said fighter jets and aircraft hit several targets, including a military compound in the north of the Strip and two naval vessels belonging to Hamas.

A video showed fishing boats in the Gaza Strip which locals claimed were damaged by one of the Israeli strikes.

There was no immediate word on casualties from the strikes, which came after militants in Gaza fired a mortar shell at the Eshkol region of southern Israel on Saturday night, according to the IDF.

Israeli warplanes last night attacked several locations across the besieged Gaza Strip causing damage to property but no human casualties,



Warplanes also attacked targets in Deir el-Balah City in the central Gaza Strip, but again causing heavy damage to the targeted areas and nearby homes but no casualties.



Israel said the attacks came after a rocket was fired from Gaza into southern Israel without causing any damage or injuries and for flying incendiary balloons into Israeli areas that have caused fire in fields.



The airstrikes come after a day of protests alongside the eastern borders of the Gaza Strip, during which a Palestinian youth was killed and at least 48 others were injured.



Palestinians said the rocket was fired in retaliation for the Israeli army killing of a 23-year-old man during the border Great March of Return protests on Friday and the injury of dozens others, including several who were reported in serious condition.