Several unmanned aerial vehicles were reportedly operating over the Gaza Strip on Saturday morning. According to Quds News, there were explosions reported on agricultural land north of Beit Lahia, a city in the northern Gaza Strip, while another explosion was reported in central Gaza.
Despite reports of IDF activity, conflicting reports also claim the explosions were the result of grenades. Additionally, the Times of Israel reported that the IDF wasn't conducting combat operations over the territory at that time. A reporter with Palestinian outlet Shehab News also reported the explosion in Beit Lahia was "internal."
About an hour after the first explosions were reported, anti-aircraft guns were reported engaging Israeli Air Force aircraft as several explosions were reported in the central city of Khan Younis as well as at the civil administration building in Jabaliya in the northern Gaza Strip.
Footage of anti-aircraft fire in northern Gaza was posted on social media.
After another hour, another set of airstrikes were reported in Beit Hanoun in northeastern Gaza and the civil administration building in Jabaliya was reportedly struck for a second time by IAF jets.
On Friday, four brush fires in southern Israel were blamed on incendiary balloons launched from Gaza.
Also on Friday, Hezbollah launched nearly two dozen rockets from southern Lebanon into northern Israel and the Golan Heights, saying it was in response to earlier airstrikes by the IDF. However, an IDF spokesperson said the launches were not intended to be provocative as they were aimed at empty ground, so the risk of further escalation was low.