Israel's military said it had begun striking "Hamas terror targets" across the Gaza Strip, retaliating for an earlier rocket attack that wounded seven people in a neighbourhood north of Tel Aviv."The has begun striking Hamas terror targets throughout the Gaza Strip.," the army said in a statement.
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu cut short a trip to the US on Monday following the rocket attack and had vowed to "Respond forcefully".
Trump described the Hamas rocket attack as "Horrific" and added: "The US recognises Israel's absolute right to defend itself."
Gaza's Hamas leaders went into hiding, fearing widespread airstrikes on their bases and other sites in the enclave - the usual response after regular rocket launches during the past year.
The strike obliterated the home of a British-Israeli family and comes during a period of heightened tension in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
An Israeli military spokesperson said Monday's rocket had a range of 75 miles, making it one of the furtherest strikes ever carried out by militants in Gaza.As well as a cancelled dinner with the US president, Netanyahu would miss an address to the Aipac pro-Israel US lobby group.
In an apparent attempt to de-escalate the situation a Hamas official, speaking to the Agence France-Presse news agency on condition of anonymity, denied the group was behind the rocket launch, and even suggested the projected was automatically fired by mistake following "Bad weather".
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