Israel strikes Gaza after rocket attack as Jerusalem tensions soar

Hamas weapons manufacturing site' targeted in response to rocket fired from Palestinian enclave

Israel has carried out its first air strikes on the Gaza Strip in months early in response to a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave as tensions soared after a weekend of violence around a Jerusalem holy site.

Warning sirens sounded in southern Israel on Monday night after the rocket was fired from the enclave controlled by the Islamist group Hamas, the first such incident since early January. The projectile crashed into the sea off Tel Aviv.