Gaza 'projectile' hits south Israel: army

A "projectile" fired on Monday from the Gaza Strip hit southern Israel without causing casualties or victims, the Israeli army said in a statement.

The army gave no further details, but public radio said a rocket had exploded near an Israeli town it did not identify.

Palestinian fighters in Gaza have fired more than a dozen rockets or mortar rounds at Israel in violence that erupted after US President Donald Trump's controversial December 6 recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.

The rockets are often fired by fringe Islamist groups, but Israel holds Gaza's rulers Hamas responsible for any attacks from the territory and has repeatedly retaliated, targeting Hamas positions.

On Friday, Israeli tanks and aircraft hit the Gaza Strip after rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave targeted a southern community.

The area has been largely calm since the 2014 Israel-Hamas war, but the week since Trump's Jerusalem embassy move statement has seen violent protests by Palestinians and the most intensive exchange of cross-border fire since the 2014 conflict.

Palestinians have clashed with Israeli troops across the West Bank and along the Gaza border since Trump's announcement to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital and move the US embassy there from Tel Aviv on December 6 and eleven Palestinians have been killed.

Israel regards Jerusalem as its "undivided" capital, a position nearly the entire world rejects saying its status should be determined in peace talks with the Palestinians.

Under international law East Jerusalem is considered occupied Palestinian territory.