Israeli tanks shelled Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip overnight in response to continued waves of incendiary balloons across the border, the army said Thursday.
"Explosive and arson balloons were launched from the Gaza Strip into Israel," a military statement said.
"In response... tanks targeted military posts belonging to the Hamas terror organization in the Gaza Strip."
Gaza security officials said the fire hit Hamas observation posts near al-Maghazi and Al-Bureij refugee camps in the center of the impoverished enclave, and the town of Khan Yunis, further south.
There were no casualties, they said.
The continuing cross-border violence came despite the attempts of Egyptian security to end the flare-up, which has seen two weeks of rocket and fire balloon attacks from Gaza and almost nightly Israeli reprisals.
