A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip was intercepted Sunday over southern Israel, the Israeli military said in the third consecutive night of cross-border fire. No casualties or damage were reported.
Tension between Israel and the Palestinians has risen over the past week, after six Palestinian militants escaped from a maximum security Israeli jail on Monday. Israeli forces have since captured four of the inmates.
Gaza militants fired a rocket into Israel on Friday when two of the prisoners were apprehended and then again on Saturday, after two more escaped inmates were caught.
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The Israeli army launched air strikes in response, saying that it struck targets belonging to Hamas, the Islamist armed group that rules Gaza. There were no reports of casualties.
A fragile truce between Israel and Hamas ended 11 days of fierce fighting in May in which at least 250 Palestinians and 13 in Israel were killed.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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