dead after attempting to stab a soldier near Hebron last week, and in honor of Iman Kanjou, an Israeli Arab mother of five who faces charges for allegedly attempting to join ISIS.

Open gallery view A picture taken from the Israeli Gaza border shows smoke billowing from the Gaza Strip following an Israeli air strike on July 16, 2014. Credit: AFP

According to a statement by the Israeli military, air force planes targeted four sites in Gaza, all tied to Hamas, which the IDF considers responsible for the Strip. "The IDF will not accept any fire into Israel's territory by terror groups and will continue to respond with severity to any attempt to break the calm in the south. The terrorist organization Hamas responsible," the Israeli army said in astatement.

The incident comes a little over a week after a rocket fired from Gaza exploded in an open area in Hof Ashkelon Regional Council in southern Israel, in an attack also claimed by the group.

Tuesday's incident involved a long-range rocket, pointing to the Islamic Jihad, which has Grads in its arsenal.

In previous incidents, Israel responded with limited air strikes, mostly targeting Hamas sites. Rocket fire by Salafist groups has occurred once every few weeks since the 2014 conflict, and is usually perpetrated as a defiant act against Hamas as part of the internal struggle between the group and the smaller Palestinian factions.

Such an attack could also be linked to others factors, like increasing pressure on Gaza by Egypt – which has in recent weeks continued its crackdown on