Israel targets Hamas sites after balloons from Gaza ignite fires

Israeli military says strikes target rocket launching site as balloons aim to pressure Israel to ease restrictions

Israeli aircraft bombed Hamas sites in the Gaza Strip in response to incendiary balloons launched from the Palestinian enclave, Israel's military said.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the strikes on Saturday that targeted what the military said was a rocket launching site and a compound belonging to Hamas, the Islamist group that rules Gaza.