Israeli aircraft hit several targets in the Gaza Strip early on Monday (September 13) in retaliation for rockets launched from the Hamas-controlled territory.

It was the third night in a row of fighting between the two sides since last week’s escape from an Israeli prison by six Palestinian inmates.

Footage captured today (September 13) showed the aftermath of one of the Israeli airstrikes in the town of Deir al-Balah.

APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Deir al-Balah- 13 September 2021. Palestinian men inspect the site of an Israeli airstrike following the Palestinian rocket fire into Israel, in Deir al-Balah city in the central Gaza Strip.

STORYLINE:

For the third night in a row, Israeli warplanes early today fired several rockets at a number of areas in the besieged Gaza Strip, causing heavy damages but no injuries, reported WAFA correspondent.

He said that Israeli warplanes bombed a site to the east of Beit Lahia town in the northern Gaza Strip, destroying it and causing fire, while nearby homes were also damaged.

The warplanes also bombed a site to the east of the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip destroying it and causing damages to nearby properties.

In Khan Younis, also in the south, the warplanes bombed a site and destroyed it, while setting it on fire.

Another airstrike targeted a site to the west of Deir al-Balah city in the central Gaza Strip, destroying and causing damages to properties nearby.

Israel claims the attacks over the last three nights were in response to the firing of a single rocket each night from Gaza into bordering Israeli towns.

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