Hamas risking war
Israeli warplanes bombed the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip overnight after Palestinians fired a rocket into southern Israel, the army said.
The latest exchange came as Israel warned Hamas it was risking "war" by failing to stop fire balloons being launched across the border.
Egyptian security officials shuttled between the two sides in a bid to end the flare-up, which has seen more than a week of rocket and fire balloon attacks from Gaza and nightly Israeli reprisals.
There were no reports from Gaza of casualties.
In Gaza City yesterday, demonstrators burned Israeli flags and pictures of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in protest at last week's announcement that the United Arab Emirates was normalising relations with the Jewish state. Many Palestinians saw the move as a betrayal of their cause by the Gulf country.
"Hamas should know that this is not a game. The time will come when they have to decide... If they want war, they will get war," said Israeli President Reuven Rivlin over the baloon attacks which caused dozens of fire inside Israel.
Israel and Hamas have fought three wars since 2008.
A Hamas source told AFP the Islamists had held talks with the Egyptian delegation in Gaza on Monday before it left the territory for meetings with the Israelis. The Egyptian delegation was expected to return to Gaza after those talks were concluded, the source added.
In response to the persistent balloon launches, Israel has banned fishing off Gaza's coast and closed the Kerem Shalom goods crossing, cutting off deliveries of fuel to the territory's sole power plant.
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