There were also Israeli air strikes north of the city and on a contraband tunnel at Rafah on the border with Egypt, in which no one was injured, witnesses said.

Two men were injured in the raid against the al Ansar complex of buildings which house the security services. A strong explosion further damaged the buildings which have been bombed in the past.

An Israeli military spokeswoman confirmed the air raids on Gaza City and Rafah, saying that the "operations came in response to a mortar shell firing following rocket attacks against Israel."

Several hours before the raids an armed Palestinian group had fired a mortar shell into southern Israel which came after a rocket firing earlier in the day. No one was injured.

The two attacks coincide with the second and last day of the Jewish New Year celebrations in Israel and bring to five the number of projectiles fired across the Gaza border since Monday.

Hamas, the radical Islamist movement that rules Gaza, has reined in rocket fire since the end of Israel's devastating 22-day offensive against the coastal territory in January 2009.

But more than 100 rockets or mortar rounds have been fired from Gaza since the start of the year, according to the military.

Hamas has not claimed any of the attacks, which are believed to have been carried out by smaller, more radical factions.

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