The Israeli military said Monday it started striking Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip after a rocket hit a house in central Israel earlier in the day, wounding seven people.
The military said that Israeli forces "started striking Hamas targets throughout the Gaza Strip."
It accused Hamas of firing the rocket that destroyed a house in Mishmeret, a village north of Tel Aviv.
Israel's Magen David Adom ambulance service said it treated seven people, including an infant, a 3-year-old boy, a 12-year-old girl and a 60-year-old woman who was suffering from blast injuries, burns and shrapnel wounds.
There was no claim of responsibility for the early morning strike.
Monday's rocket was the second launched toward central Israel in recent weeks.
Local authorities in southern Israel started readying bomb shelters ahead of possible hostilities.
Israeli media reported that flights to and from Israel's main international airport were diverted from their normal flight paths, and train services to several southern cities near the Gaza Strip have been canceled.
The Israeli military has also closed several roads around Gaza.
