A few hours later, an Israeli aircraft bombed Gaza again, injuring at least three persons, according to the Palestinian ministry of health in Gaza.
The military released a notice saying the aircraft targeted "two additional military posts belonging to the terror organization in central Gaza Strip," without elaborating on the specific targets.
Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, a spokesman for the Israeli military, said the residents of Gaza received no notice ahead of the bombing "because there were no civilians near the Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad positions; these were military targets."
"The (Israeli military) sees this as a severe event," Conricus told journalists about the mortar attack.
He said the mortars were fired by Islamic Jihad militants but Israel holds Hamas responsible.
"We know exactly who conducted this attack," he said. "We even know them by name, but we hold the Hamas terrorist organization responsible for any act of hostility perpetrating from the Gaza Strip against Israel," he said.
"We remain ready with the tools necessary and the capabilities at hand should Hamas or the Islamic Jihad act aggressively again. We are not looking to escalate the situation or to initiate hostilities," Conricus said.
The Israeli spokesman revealed that the mortar attack came exactly a month after Israel blew up a tunnel leading from Gaza into Israel, killing at least 14 Islamic Jihad militants.
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