The strikes were carried out in the response to "Hamas' security violations" in recent days, IDF said referring to the rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip and a major rocket barrage from Lebanon on Thursday.
"The two tunnels did not cross into Israeli territory and did not pose a threat to Israeli civilians," the military said.
Additionally, two sites allegedly used by Hamas to manufacture weapons were targeted in the strikes.
Following a day of rocket fire from the Palestinian territories and Lebanon in retaliation for Israel's back-to-back military incursions into the Al Aqsa Mosque, the third-holiest site in Islam, the Israeli military has attacked besieged Gaza and southern Lebanon.
The tiny coastal region of Gaza is governed by Hamas, which claimed early on Friday that the blockaded territory had been subject to three airstrikes. (ANI)
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