Zionist regime’s warplanes carried out a fresh round of airstrikes against the besieged Gaza Strip, drawing retaliatory rocket fire from Palestinian resistance fighters in the impoverished coastal enclave.

Explosions were heard west of Gaza City after the zionist army’s drones targeted a resistance site in that area.

The zionist occupation army bombed the “Abu Jarad” site, west of Gaza City, in addition to the “Areen” site, northeast of the Nusseirat refugee camp, in the central strip.

Rocket sirens were activated in the settlements around the Gaza Strip, warning of the firing of a missile salvo from the strip, which followed the raids launched by the Israeli warplanes on resistance sites in Gaza.

In a statement, a spokesman for the zionist occupation army confirmed that nine rockets were launched from Gaza in two waves, noting that the Iron Dome system intercepted only four of them.

The escalation comes after the occupation forces stormed the al-Qibli prayer hall in al-Aqsa Mosque, at dawn today, Wednesday, forcibly removed the worshipers from inside, and arrested hundreds, while firing stun grenades at them, which led to injuries among the worshipers.

During the attack, the occupation police prevented the medical staff from entering al-Aqsa Mosque and stormed the medical clinic adjacent to al-Qibli Mosque in al-Aqsa Mosque. (ILKHA)