Israel strikes Gaza after explosion wounds four soldiers

Israeli jets struck the Gaza Strip on Saturday after four soldiers were wounded when an improvised explosive device blew up on the border with the Palestinian enclave.

The explosion earlier on Saturday, which left two of the Israeli soldiers severely injured, was one of the most serious incidents on the border of the Hamas-ruled enclave since the Islamist movement and Israel fought a war in 2014.

In response Israel's army said "fighter jets targeted six military targets in Gaza belonging to Hamas, including a terrorist tunnel in the Zaytun area and military compounds near Deir El Balah and Khan Yunis".

The army then reported that a "launch was identified from the Gaza Strip at Israeli territory".

Benjamin Netanyahu, who was attending a security conference in Munich, called the Gaza border incident "very serious" and pledged to "respond appropriately".