The Israeli military says its missile defence system has intercepted several rockets fired from Egypt toward the southern Israeli city of Eilat.
The military said sirens sounded in Eilat late Wednesday. Israeli Army Radio said residents reported hearing several explosions. The military said that its Iron Dome missile defence system shot down several rockets and that no injuries were reported.
Rocket attacks on Eilat are relatively rare. Militants in Egypt's Sinai region have been behind a number of such attacks on the city in recent years. Egypt has been battling militants, many linked to the Islamic State group, in its restive Sinai peninsula.
Israel and Egypt signed a peace treaty in 1979 and maintain close security cooperation.
IS claims the responsibility
Islamis State has claimed responsibility for a rocket attack on the southern Israeli port town of Eilat.
Gazan media reported that IS, rather than Hamas, was responsible. Islamic State's official media channels confirmed the group was behind the attack later on Thursday.
IS has waged a deadly insurgency against Egyptian security forces in the Sinai but attacks on Israel from Egyptian territory are rare.