A picture taken on June 28, 2016 shows an Israeli Air Force F-16 D fighter jet taking off at the Ramat David Air Force Base located in the Jezreel Valley, southeast of the Israeli port city of Haifa. © Jack Guez / AFP
Israeli aircraft carried out two strikes on southern Gaza on Sunday, witnesses and media reports said, as a military official accused Hamas of breaching a ceasefire and attacking troops.
Two Palestinian eyewitnesses told AFP that fighting erupted in part of the southern city of Rafah still under Israeli control, followed by two air strikes.
The Israeli official, who did not confirm the air strikes, said Hamas fighters had attacked Israeli forces with sniper fire and a rocket-propelled grenade. "Both incidents happened in an Israeli-controlled area, east of the Yellow Line. This is a bold violation of the ceasefire," he told AFP.
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