Israeli warplanes attacked two smuggling tunnels along the Gaza Strip border with Egypt this morning, wounding three tunnellers, Palestinian medical sources and the Israeli army said.

An Israeli army spokesman said the attack came in response to a rocket fired by Gaza militants into southern Israel late yesterday. It landed in an open field causing no casualties, the army said.

The Palestinian medical source said one of the three tunnellers was moderately wounded. No Palestinian group claimed responsibility for firing the rocket.

Rocket attacks on Israel have tapered off since a December-January war between Israel and Gaza militants. Israeli defence officials have credited Islamist Hamas, which controls the coastal enclave, for stopping militants from launching them.

Sign up to our free newsletters

Get the best updates straight to your inbox:
Please select at least one mailing list.

You can unsubscribe at any time by clicking the link in the footer of our emails. We use Mailchimp as our marketing platform. By subscribing, you acknowledge that your information will be transferred to Mailchimp for processing.