No casualties or injuries were reported after Israel said it attacked a Hamas arms factory.
Israeli warplanes launched an attack in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, targeting a Hamas arms factory, the military said.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health has not reported any casualties or injuries.
The Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades — an armed branch of Hamas — said they fought back with surface-to-air missiles.
“Our air defenses responded with surface-to-air missiles to Zionist warplanes in the skies of the Gaza Strip at exactly 01:35 local time (1035 GMT) on Tuesday morning,” the statement said.
The attack comes after a missile fired from the besieged Gaza Strip at southern Israel was intercepted on Monday, the first such attack in months amid rising tensions around a holy site in occupied East Jerusalem.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, and no Palestinian group claimed responsibility for the missile, which Israel says was shot down by its Iron Dome interceptor.
Hamas, the Palestinian group that administers the coastal enclave, had warned that any incidents at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound would constitute a “red line” after Israeli forces raided the compound in east Jerusalem several times in recent days and arrested and detained hundreds of Palestinians, leaving dozens injured.
Palestinians accuse Israel of invading al-Aqsa during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Israel says Palestinian protesters are trying to disrupt Muslim prayer for political gain and prevent visits by Jews celebrating Passover.
The site is revered by Muslims and Jews. Israel Police have said they are working to ensure members of all faiths can celebrate the holiday safely.
Before the rocket attack, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett accused Hamas of waging a “wild campaign of harassment” against Israel.
Egypt and Jordan, which signed peace agreements with Israel decades ago and coordinate with Israel on security issues, have condemned the actions of Israeli forces on the ground.
Jordan – which acts as administrator of the site – summoned Israel’s deputy chargé d’affaires to Amman on Monday in protest.
Jordan’s King Abdullah II said Monday that Israel’s “unilateral” moves against Muslim worshipers at Al-Aqsa Mosque seriously undermine prospects for peace in the region, state media said.
The monarch was speaking with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as he made remarks blaming Israel for “provocative acts” on the mosque grounds that violated “the legal and historical status quo” of the holy shrines.
At least 152 Palestinians were wounded by Israeli police at the mosque compound on Friday, the latest outbreak in a spate of violence that has raised fears of a slide back into a wider conflict.
Raids by Israeli forces on demonstrators protesting attempts to forcibly evict Palestinians from their homes in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood last year sparked an escalation in violence between Israel and Hamas militants in Gaza.
Jordanian Prime Minister Bisher al-Khasawneh on Monday commended members of Islamic Waqf, the foundation that oversees the grounds of Al-Aqsa Mosque, “which stands tall and those who throw stones at the pro-Zionists who defile the Al-Aqsa Mosque under the protection of the Israeli occupation government.”
In response to al-Khasawneh’s comments, Bennett said, “This is unacceptable to us. This is a reward for the instigators, particularly Hamas, who are trying to incite violence in Jerusalem.”
Israel has sought to improve ties with Jordan over the past year and has recently normalized ties with other Arab states over their shared concerns over Iran.
But a recent spate of violence that claimed the lives of 25 Palestinians and 14 Israelis has brought renewed focus to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories, which it had sought to brush aside for the past few years.