Is a new escalation imminent? Israel carried out airstrikes in the Gaza Strip

In response to a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, Israel says it carried out an airstrike on a Hamas arms factory.

Israeli warplanes struck a site in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday affiliated with the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian organization Hamas.

Several strikes by Israeli warplanes targeted a site west of Khan Yunis city in the southern Gaza Strip, according to an Anadolu Agency correspondent.

No casualties or injuries have been reported by the Palestinian Health Ministry.

The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades said they have retaliated with surface-to-air missiles.