The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has confirmed that its air force attacked a house allegedly rigged with explosives in the Gaza Strip on Thursday evening.

The air raid at the booby-trapped building was carried out "in response to recent hostilities" waged by Gazan militants, including the rocket fire against southern Israel on Wednesday night, said an IDF spokeswoman.

Palestinian sources said that no injury was reported as the house was empty at the time of the strike, which broke a weeks-long lull between the two sides.

Months ago, the IDF launched a cross-year 22-day punishing military offensive in the Palestinian enclave in response to continued rocket attacks at its southern land, leaving over 1,300 Gazans and 13 Israeli killed.

The two sides separately staged their ceasefire in mid-January, yet sporadic flare-ups of violence continued in the following months, and Egypt-brokered negotiations over a long-term truce has so far seen no progress.