The Israeli Military says its jets have hit two targets in the Gaza strip described as Hamas weapon manufacturing facilities.
The strikes were said to be in response to two rockets fired from Gaza into southern Israel on Sunday.
Palestinian Officials claimed a pregnant woman and her young daughter were killed in a nearby house.
Israeli Police in the West Bank also said that a Palestinian female suicide bomber blew up her car at a checkpoint.
She was stopped by police while driving on Sunday morning near the Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim.
According to a police spokeswoman, the woman escaped death, but is in critical condition, while a policeman was slightly wounded.
“She shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ (God is great) and detonated an explosive device”, the police spokeswoman said.
There have been weeks of tension over access to a site in East Jerusalem sacred to both Jews and Muslims.
