Images from Gaza show Palestinians fleeing IAF strikes

Images from the Gaza Strip show Palestinians running away as Israeli airstrikes send plumes of sand and smoke spiraling into the air.

Palestinians run for cover as sand and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike on a Hamas post in the northern Gaza Strip on February 6, 2017. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)
Palestinians run for cover as sand and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike on a Hamas post in the northern Gaza Strip on February 6, 2017. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)

The army attacked Hamas positions in the northern Strip earlier today following a rocket strike near the southern coastal city of Ashkelon.

A Palestinian man runs for cover as smoke rises following an Israeli air strike on a Hamas post, in the northern Gaza Strip on February 6, 2017. (AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED)
A Palestinian man runs for cover as smoke rises following an Israeli air strike on a Hamas post, in the northern Gaza Strip on February 6, 2017. (AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED)

According to the Palestinian news outlet al-Quds, one of the Hamas positions hit in the airstrikes was a naval base.

Palestinians run for cover as smoke rises following an Israeli air strike on a Hamas post, in the northern Gaza Strip on February 6, 2017. (AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED)
Palestinians run for cover as smoke rises following an Israeli air strike on a Hamas post, in the northern Gaza Strip on February 6, 2017. (AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED ABED)

The health ministry in the Gaza-run coastal enclave said on Twitter there were no reports of Palestinian injuries in the strikes.

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