The Israeli PM, Benjamin Netanyahu, blamed the Hamas organization for the recent attacks, promising to respond "forcefully" to the barrage.
"Israel takes a grave view of the attacks on it and its communities by Hamas and Islamic Jihad from the Gaza Strip. The IDF will respond to these attacks forcefully," he said during a conference in northern Israel, referring to the Israel Defence Forces.
According to the Palestinian Safa news agency, following Netanyahu's statement, the Israeli warplanes fired at least seven missiles at the base of the Islamic Jihad movement in Southern Gaza, which Israel believed to be behind the attack.
"The IDF is currently operating in the Gaza Strip. The explosions heard are related to this activity," the IDF wrote on Twitter.
Earlier in the day, the IDF reported that its sirens had gone off on three occasions in the settlements along the border with the Gaza Strip because of machinegun fire from the territory of the Palestinian enclave.
The situation on the border escalated on Monday, particularly after an Israeli tankattacked a militant observation post in response to an attempted violation of the border by two Palestinians.
The violent clashes between Palestinian protestors and IDF on the Gaza border Israel continue since the last March, when a full-scale demonstrations were organized by Hamas. Israel has justified its actions citing security reasons, saying it is defending its borders and blames Hamas for encouraging thousands of Palestinians to break through the border and attack Israelis.