Israeli air forces have carried out early on Sunday a number of airstrikes on the Gaza Strip, destroying military sites of Palestinian military groups, security sources said.

The air raids came a few hours after militants in Gaza fired two rockets on southern Israel.

Israeli jet fighters targeted four military installations of Islamic Hamas movement and Islamic Jihad groups in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khanyounis, according to the sources.

The sites were extremely damaged, but no injuries were reported, said the sources.

Meanwhile, Israeli security sources said the air raids came in response to the ongoing Palestinian rocket attacks that target southern Israeli cities and towns.

In recent days, violence between Gaza militants and Israel army has escalated as 15 missiles have been fired into Israel, drawing Israeli response with airstrikes. Gaza witnesses sporadic rounds of violence between the Israeli army and Palestinian militant groups since Egypt mediated a ceasefire in November 2012.

The deal ended a bloody week of cross-border violence that left 184 Palestinians and six Israelis dead.

The escalation has followed Israeli accusations that Hamas movement, which rules the Gaza Strip, is behind kidnapping three Israeli teens on June 12 near the West Bank city of Hebron.

However, Hamas denied any connection to the abduction of the Israelis, accusing Israel of fabricating the incident. Endi

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