GAZA, May 25 (Xinhua) -- Israeli war jets struck at midnight on Tuesday by air-to-ground missiles the inoperative Gaza airport southeast of the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, no injuries reported, witnesses said.

The witnesses said that at least three successive airstrikes were carried out after midnight at different targets in the Gaza Strip.

The Israeli airstrike was carried out shortly after Israeli F16 warplanes hovered over the enclave, ruled by Islamic Hamas movement. The witnesses said they saw the Israeli war jets and heard a huge explosion in the area.

The Israeli aerial attack on the area was an Israeli response to the earlier homemade projectiles fired from the Gaza Strip at southern Israel. No one claimed responsibility for the earlier attacks from Gaza at Israel.