RAFAH, (PIC)-- Israeli occupation forces (IOF) escalated their attacks on the Gaza Strip and launched aerial raids on the Gaza international airport east of Rafah city, south of the Strip, at a late hour on Tuesday.

Palestinian security sources told the PIC reporter that the IOF warplanes launched three raids on the main building of the airport.

They explained that a reconnaissance plane fired one missile while F-16 warplanes fired two other missiles at one of the airport's buildings.

The sources, pointing out that no casualties were reported, said that the airport was already devastated due to repeated shelling over the past years.