Qassam rockets fired from the Gaza exploded in southern Israeli regions of Eshkol and Sdot Negev.
Palestinian fighters in the blockaded Gaza Strip have launched rockets into Israeli towns, seen as a reprisal for a recent Israeli air strike.
Four Qassam rockets fired from the Gaza Strip on Sunday exploded in the southern Israeli regions of Eshkol and Sdot Negev, but left no injuries or damage as they landed in open areas, Israeli media reported.
The rocket firing came hours after the Israeli Air Force said it had attacked a northern Gaza Strip arms warehouse and two alleged smuggling tunnels suspected of being used by forces loyal to the Islamic Hamas resistance movement.
The Hezbollah Brigades, one of the armed factions in the Gaza Strip, claimed in a statement that it had launched two projectiles in retaliation to Israeli atrocities against Palestinians in the coastal enclave.
On Saturday, Israeli warplanes attacked targets near the Gaza town of Beit Lahiya, which killed a 25-year-old Palestinian identified as Sami Fatuh and injured two others.
Palestinian rocket attacks come in protest to Israel's refusal to lift a paralyzing closure of the impoverished Gaza Strip, which has been in place since June 2007.
The siege that was intended to pressurize Hamas, which controls the Palestinian coastal sliver, has drawn grave warnings from human rights groups and international organizations, demanding an immediate reopening of Gaza crossings and the free flow of humanitarian aid into the densely populated territory.
Israel responds to rocket attacks, which usually cause panic rather than any casualties or damage, by launching air strikes. The attacks continue almost a month after a 23-day offensive on Gaza that killed more than 1,340 Palestinians and left thousands wounded.
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