ISRAELI air strikes hit the besieged Gaza strip today, the third attack since a ceasefire agreement was signed last month — as details of plans to bomb Iran were also revealed.

The Israeli Defence Force (IDF) said its assault on the Palestinian territory was a response to incendiary balloons launched from Gaza targeting Israeli settlements.

“In response to the arson balloons fired towards Israeli territory today, (military) fighter jets struck ... a weapons manufacturing site belonging to the Hamas terror organisation,” a statement said.