The fighting in Gaza City started on Thursday and continued into Friday morning before appearing to die down.
On Thursday night, Israeli helicopters fired missiles at targets in Gaza, which came after a woman in Israel was killed by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip.
The al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades and Hamas said they carried out Thursday’s rocket attack, in response to the killing of an Islamic Jihad leader by the Israeli army in the West Bank town of Nablus.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has gone to Gaza to hold talks with armed groups, in an attempt to put an end to militant attacks.
