"Initial report – The IDF is currently striking in Gaza. Details to follow," the IDF said on Twitter.
The Israeli military also said it had conducted a strike on a Hamas arms production facility in the Gaza Strip.
"IAF fighter jets struck both a weapons manufacturing site and military compound belonging to the Hamas Terrorist Organization, located in central and northern Gaza," the IDF wrote on Twitter.
"IAF fighter jets struck both a weapons manufacturing site and military compound belonging to the Hamas Terrorist Organization, located in central and northern Gaza," the IDF wrote on Twitter.
Earlier, the IDF said five out of six rockets fired from Gaza toward Israel had been intercepted.
Relations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority have been adversarial since the founding of Israel in 1948. Palestinians seek diplomatic recognition of their independent state on the territories of the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, which is partially occupied by Israel, and the Gaza Strip. The Israeli government refuses to recognize the Palestinian Authority as an independent political and diplomatic entity, and builds settlements in the occupied areas despite objections from the United Nations.