Israel carries out air strikes on Gaza after launch of incendiary balloons

Israeli security personnel inspect a cell after six Palestinians escaped through a tunnel the Gilboa prison in north Israel (Israel Prison Service/AP)

Israel launched air strikes on what it said was a Hamas military site in the Gaza Strip, after incendiary balloons were sent into Israeli territory, the army said.

Fighter jets on Tuesday struck a Hamas rocket manufacturing workshop as well as a Hamas military compound in Khan Yunis, a city in southern Gaza, according to the army statement.